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They should probably sell white painted versions for warmer climates.
by bostonsre 5y ago
They should probably sell white painted versions for warmer climates.
- tpmx 5y agoThe enclosure is made of some kind of white plastic. But the consumer units also consume ~100W evenly spread out just below the flat plastic surface. So many (expensive) chips needed to do that phased array antenna thing. https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-terminal-cost-spacex-gwynne-shotwell-president-2021-4?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-starlink-terminal-cos... SpaceX signed an agreement a few years ago with Swiss manufacturer STMicroelectronics to build the terminals, a person with knowledge of the deal told Insider in December. They added that SpaceX may be paying $2.4 billion to produce 1 million Starlink terminals. At least it will melt any snow/ice during winter time in northern climates. Comment: ST is primarily French-Italian, with a HQ in Switzerland. I wouldn't call it Swiss.