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It will work from anywhere after about 90 more launches and thousands of ground relays being installed, and the antenna is the size of a watermelon. So "anywhe
by elif 6y ago
It will work from anywhere after about 90 more launches and thousands of ground relays being installed, and the antenna is the size of a watermelon.
So "anywhere" would be limited to vanlife on up, in a place that doesn't have trees, in the markets initially served, which will likely be rural US.
But starlink v2? I'll be on a cute Panamanian island :)
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoDo you know if being able to use it on a boat in the ocean will be part of v1 or v2? I sail a bit, and I've always wanted to sail the world, but giving up a decent internet connection has always been the main deal-breaker.
- modeless 6y agov2 most likely. The currently launched satellites do not have cross-satellite links so the satellites can only provide service while they are within range of a ground station. The cross satellite links were originally planned for v1 but are behind schedule and nobody outside SpaceX knows what the current schedule is.
- dwaltrip 6y ago> in a place that doesn't have trees What problems do trees cause for starlink?
- elif 6y agoI don't know anything specific a out starlink, but I have hundreds of days of experience trying to hit iridium sattelites while hiking in the wild. You need direct line-of-sight to sky.