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"Starlink for RVs is not designed for use while in motion." Marine starlink needs to compensate for rolling, pitching, and forward motion.
by gvb 4y ago
"Starlink for RVs is not designed for use while in motion."
Marine starlink needs to compensate for rolling, pitching, and forward motion.
- cronix 4y agoSounds like they added a gimbal or something?
- dicknuckle 4y agoThese are common on radar systems, and nothing to sneeze at.
- gvb 4y agoThe antenna is electronically steered. The pictures do not show any gimbal but they probably had to add an IMU to measure the motion of the boat (antenna) and adjust the antenna beam steering to compensate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_measurement_unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_measurement_unit
- bri3d 4y agoThe Starlink Dishy already has an IMU in it. It does look like maybe the beam array is simply bigger.
- deelowe 4y agoStarlink uses beam forming. It shouldn't need a gimbal.
- Nextgrid 4y agoThe phased array can probably only do so much and a gimbal might still be needed to compensate for movement outside of what the phased array can handle?
- deelowe 4y agoIt can at least go horizon to horizon now. The satellites aren’t geosynchronous. I generally only have one satellite overhead at a time. They take about 5-10 minutes to fly by.
- madengr 4y agoDoesn't the normal Starlink have an Az-El motor for rough positioning? Beam steering only gets you so far, and the more off-boresight you get, the worse the performance.
- deelowe 4y agoI imagine this has a larger array. The more antennas, the greater the resolution. I’m sure they’ll use the motor for rough positioning but I doubt they’ll add a gimbal. That seems overkill.
- Johnythree 4y agoThe beam steering only operates in one dimension. The dish has to physically rotate and tilt so that the beam steering line coincides with the satellites orbit.
- deelowe 4y agoSeems to work in more than one direction for me. The satellites pass over head in two different directions and the receiver never moves.
- rasz 4y agophased array antenna, so its either a software switch or they simply detect if your station moves too much without paying for the privilege and disable/throttle you.
- dzhiurgis 4y agoThis guy has been testing it without one https://www.reddit.com/r/SailboatCruising/comments/vovaxs/starlink_in_the_med_update_2/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SailboatCruising/comments/vovaxs/st...