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Re:Starlink Mini 2 by fedpost on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:32PM (#50445127)
Excited to see how the huge cottage industry of people trying to package minis into weapons systems react to this. It looks like it'll be slightly more of a pain in the ass than the previous version but maybe Elon threw the MIC a bone and made them disassemble-able

Yes, this is really a thing, yes, I'm being sarcastic.

Re:Starlink Mini 2 by datadrivenangel on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:49PM (#50445388)
Probably half the goal here is to push those people towards the dedicated starshield offering.
Re:Starlink Mini 2 by fedpost on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:34PM (#50445932)
I don't think SpaceX offers a bare/stripped OEM version at all. Afaik everyone is just using minis which is fucking insane.

Every other tactical comms vendor offers some sort of bare module/modem assembly for system integration, usually just a modded PCB that's inside their existing offerings with a few different JST connectors instead of whatever giant $500 amphenol twist lock they use.