Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit 122° Fahrenheit

Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by alisonkisk on Friday June 18, 2021 @09:55PM (#27557074)

There is an interesting article about this.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/06/starl...

> Officially, SpaceX has said that "Dishy McFlatface" is certified to operate from 22° below zero up to 104° Fahrenheit. Temperatures reached about 120° yesterday in Martin's town of Topock,

> the Starlink app provided an error message saying, "Offline: Thermal shutdown." The dish "overheated" and "Starlink will reconnect after cooling down," the error message said.

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by shaklee3 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @12:41AM (#27557812)

This is a problem when Arizona was above 100 degrees for 144 days out of the year last year.

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