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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by walrus01 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:26PM (#26175793)
theoretically, great, and I would be shocked if they did not release a product functionally equivalent to the iridium and inmarsat aviation and maritime terminals, because of how much potential revenue is there. it will also be much better and faster than a multi-axis motorized tracking geostationary maritime terminal ($40,000+ things you can find in radomes on large ships, operating in various ku and ka band networks). there has been no official announcement on that sort of thing yet.

the current terminal has motion sensors in it and is not designed for a moving vehicle, it will turn itself off. the same 6-axis sensors that are used to orient and tilt it to the proper angle can also tell it when it's being moved.

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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by sverhagen on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:48AM (#26176407)
> theoretically, great

Except then this thing were they assign you to a single cell and the vessel may pass the boundaries of said cell? Do you expect some sort of protocol for automatic handoff to the next cell in the future?

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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by nickik on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:14AM (#26176917)
That already works fine, the dish is switching sats incredibly fast and is tracking multiple sats at a time.

The limitation with the cells is that currently not all cells have the same amount of sats above them so they will not claim that guarantee anything.

Some people have tested that and it worked fine if you move it.

They will likely have a different terminal or plan for mobile service, would be my assumption.

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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by cmason on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:44AM (#26177877)
Can anyone comment on how much motion the current terminal will tolerate? I’m wondering about a boat at anchor.
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Re:Starlink is now Accepting General Pre-orders by bryanlarsen on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:36AM (#26179621)
The service has been demonstrated on fighter jets so a boat at anchor should be no problem. Of course the $500 antenna they currently sell probably isn't quite as capable as the one they used on that fighter jet...
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