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> You could also triangulate ground stations with data from enough Dishys etc. what can all be used against them The ground stations locations are public infor
by oceanplexian 5y ago
> You could also triangulate ground stations with data from enough Dishys etc. what can all be used against them
The ground stations locations are public information since they require FCC licenses so this is a bit of a moot point.
- virtuallynathan 5y agoThey aren’t all public globally — there seems to be at least one in Austria based on this data, the location of which is presently unknown.
- aurizon 5y agoA station in China might be able to bypass the great firewall using this now it is gone? Makes me wonder if there were ever any anonymous clandestine stations or is that precluded, or does any data draw get fed to reduce latency? Or would Starlink know and preclude their operation?
- JoshTriplett 5y agoFuture versions of this technology are working towards not needing the ground stations, by transmitting satellite-to-satellite. That would (theoretically) make it technically possible to use a dish in a country with no ground stations.
- mike_d 5y agoA station in China would be _behind_ the firewall. If Starlink had a downlink station in China it probably would have been for factory testing. Companies like Iridium and Inmarsat have already played this game and figured out that it is best to just not sell devices in countries that don't want it. Downlink frequencies are well known, and repressive countries tend to jam transmissions they don't like. This negatively impacts users in the same region.