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Seems unlikely that Starlink would put a base station on Saint Helena just to be able to serve some percentage of ~4000 population. Most likely the base station

Seems unlikely that Starlink would put a base station on Saint Helena just to be able to serve some percentage of ~4000 population. Most likely the base station is somewhere else.

Symbiote 3y ago
I've no idea of the numbers, but it's possible they'd one one somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic — either St Helena or Ascension — for traffic from aircraft and ships.
- alwa 3y ago
  Indeed, they recently announced a deal with OneWeb [0] as the first under their new Ground Station Policy [1]. From the incredibly slick (for SH) promo site [2], it looks like at least some contingent of Saints are really excited about the possibilities here. [0] https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/lease-signed-with-oneweb-for-ground-station-on-st-helena/ https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/lease-signed-with-o... [1] https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2020/news/satellite-ground-station-policy-published/ https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2020/news/satellite-ground-st... [2] https://www.earthstation.sh/ https://www.earthstation.sh/
yencabulator 3y ago
I wouldn't expect Starlink to serve remote ocean areas until after they have their space lasers working well and can transport the traffic to a continent.
- Symbiote 3y ago
  They already do provide service to ships. Base stations on remote islands are a routine thing to construct. The British Empire built the first global telegraph network using their island colonies, and some of these routes are still used for Internet cables. Ascension Island for example.
- rlt 3y ago
  They have global coverage, including oceans: https://www.starlink.com/maritime https://www.starlink.com/maritime https://support.starlink.com/?topic=9eb841b3-2e43-a6fb-ecc7-ea58fb5600b5 https://support.starlink.com/?topic=9eb841b3-2e43-a6fb-ecc7-...
kortilla 3y ago
They don’t need a base station now with their sat to sat lasers. They serve McMurdo now

Seems unlikely that Starlink would put a base station on Saint Helena just to be able to serve some percentage of ~4000 population. Most likely the base station is somewhere else.

Symbiote 3y ago

I've no idea of the numbers, but it's possible they'd one one somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic — either St Helena or Ascension — for traffic from aircraft and ships.

alwa 3y ago
Indeed, they recently announced a deal with OneWeb [0] as the first under their new Ground Station Policy [1]. From the incredibly slick (for SH) promo site [2], it looks like at least some contingent of Saints are really excited about the possibilities here. [0] https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/lease-signed-with-oneweb-for-ground-station-on-st-helena/ https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2023/news/lease-signed-with-o... [1] https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2020/news/satellite-ground-station-policy-published/ https://www.sainthelena.gov.sh/2020/news/satellite-ground-st... [2] https://www.earthstation.sh/ https://www.earthstation.sh/

yencabulator 3y ago

I wouldn't expect Starlink to serve remote ocean areas until after they have their space lasers working well and can transport the traffic to a continent.

Symbiote 3y ago
They already do provide service to ships. Base stations on remote islands are a routine thing to construct. The British Empire built the first global telegraph network using their island colonies, and some of these routes are still used for Internet cables. Ascension Island for example.
rlt 3y ago
They have global coverage, including oceans: https://www.starlink.com/maritime https://www.starlink.com/maritime https://support.starlink.com/?topic=9eb841b3-2e43-a6fb-ecc7-ea58fb5600b5 https://support.starlink.com/?topic=9eb841b3-2e43-a6fb-ecc7-...

kortilla 3y ago

They don’t need a base station now with their sat to sat lasers. They serve McMurdo now