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Re:Starlink Maritime by deelowe on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:21PM (#32018827)
Starlink uses beam forming. It shouldn't need a gimbal.
Re:Starlink Maritime by Nextgrid on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:25PM (#32018878)
The phased array can probably only do so much and a gimbal might still be needed to compensate for movement outside of what the phased array can handle?
Re:Starlink Maritime by deelowe on Friday July 08, 2022 @10:23PM (#32030776)
It can at least go horizon to horizon now. The satellites aren’t geosynchronous. I generally only have one satellite overhead at a time. They take about 5-10 minutes to fly by.
Re:Starlink Maritime by Johnythree on Thursday July 07, 2022 @08:22PM (#32021466)
The beam steering only operates in one dimension. The dish has to physically rotate and tilt so that the beam steering line coincides with the satellites orbit.
Re:Starlink Maritime by deelowe on Friday July 08, 2022 @10:21PM (#32030761)
Seems to work in more than one direction for me. The satellites pass over head in two different directions and the receiver never moves.
Re:Starlink Maritime by madengr on Thursday July 07, 2022 @05:10PM (#32019481)
Doesn't the normal Starlink have an Az-El motor for rough positioning? Beam steering only gets you so far, and the more off-boresight you get, the worse the performance.
Re:Starlink Maritime by deelowe on Friday July 08, 2022 @10:26PM (#32030801)
I imagine this has a larger array. The more antennas, the greater the resolution. I’m sure they’ll use the motor for rough positioning but I doubt they’ll add a gimbal. That seems overkill.