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> Not easy to block with technical means over a large area. But easy to block with legal means. The way Starlink works the system needs to know exactly where ea
by mlindner 7y ago
> Not easy to block with technical means over a large area. But easy to block with legal means. The way Starlink works the system needs to know exactly where each terminal is, so SpaceX doesn't have plausible deniability about serving customers in areas that prohibit it.
That is incorrect. SpaceX doesn't need to know where a terminal is for it to work. The Terminal itself though will know where it is, as it needs that information to calculate the pointing angles of the phased array to the satellite orbits.
- gruez 7y agoBut you can proximate where the clients are based on where the satellite is. Since they're flying low, there can't be that much deviation in ground location between the client and the satellite. You could get plausible deniability if the satellite is flying over border regions, but there's very little excuse to not enforce chinese censorship regulations when flying over the middle of china.
- modeless 7y agoThe satellites have phased array antennas too. Aren't they also going to point their beams at the terminals?