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

Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by dkbrk on Saturday June 19, 2021 @05:08AM (#27559021)

Existing phased-array antennas cost, at a minimum, tens of thousands of dollars.

Getting Starlink Dishy to around $2,000, and I understand it's closer to $1,000 by now, is an incredible engineering achievement. SpaceX didn't accomplish that by overengineering the shit out of it.

I do not doubt that now that this problem has cropped up SpaceX will address it. If they don't, if in a couple of years this is still a problem with the system in full operation, then criticism would be justified.

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by shaklee3 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:07AM (#27560147)

There is no evidence I've seen showing that it's less than $2000. Please send a link to the source.

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by dkbrk on Saturday June 19, 2021 @09:41AM (#27560388)

> According to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, the company has “made great progress on reducing the cost.” Initially, Each dish would cost SpaceX $3,000 USD to manufacture, Shotwell said they reduced the manufacturing cost to around $1,500 USD.

https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/starlink-dish

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Re:Starlink dishes go into “thermal shutdown” once they hit ... by shaklee3 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:04AM (#27560553)

You mentioned $1000. $1500 is impressive, but is there a follow-up?

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