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What I don’t understand is how the Starlink satellites will connect to network clients. For instance, if you connect your phone to Starlink, does your phone hav
by elamje 7y ago
What I don’t understand is how the Starlink satellites will connect to network clients. For instance, if you connect your phone to Starlink, does your phone have antennas powerful enough to propagate signal back into low earth orbit?? I can imagine satellites having powerful enough antennas/RF, but your cell phone?
Any RF nerds know if this is easy to do?
- FullyFunctional 7y agoThey covered this. It's isn't for cellphones. You need a pizza-sized receiver on the ground. (EDIT: typo)
- modeless 7y agoClient devices will likely use Wifi/4G/5G to connect to a base station with a Starlink terminal. The terminal is too big and power hungry for a handheld device. But still, the ability to place a base station anywhere, even on a moving vehicle, is a game changer.