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Perhaps more importantly: > Mobile roaming enabled, so phased array antenna can maintain signal while on moving vehicle.

• diebeforei485 5y ago
  I saw somewhere that Elon's jet has roaming Starlink installed. I'm gonna guess mobile roaming adds more load to the system (switching satellites more often, etc).
• polishdude20 5y ago
  I wonder how that works on a bumpy ride? A phased array helps create a narrow beam aimed at a satellite. I wonder how the system reacts to sudden angular changes when driving. Phased arrays are super fast at changing direction so maybe they're always tracking the target and adjusting?
  • BenjiWiebe 5y ago
    The other thing I wonder, how narrow is the beam? Perhaps if the road is only moderately bumpy it wouldn't be enough to disconnect from a satellite.
  • Johnythree 5y ago
    That's not how it works. The phased array can only slew the beam along one dimension across the shy. The motors in the mount are used to align this with the path of the satellite so that the dish needn't move once it has calibrated itself. However the dishes which are used in mobile applications have much more sophisticated rotators which can rapidly move in two dimensions.