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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by huslage on Friday June 18, 2021 @09:42PM (#27556994)
SpaceX is literally based in Hawthorne, CA. These dishes are made in a place where it gets stupidly hot.
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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by coolspot on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:53AM (#27557867)
I get your point, but specifically Hawthorne is a coastal city, so it doesn’t get “stupidly hot”. Average max temp is 85F in August.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne,_California

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