[Starlink] Quick questions about Starlink user terminal

[David Lang]

On Fri, 12 May 2023, Ulrich Speidel via Starlink wrote:

> On 12/05/2023 9:48 am, Sirapop Theeranantachai via Starlink wrote:
>> Hi, I'm currently working on packet simulation analysis over large LEO 
>> constellations such as Starlink, and I do have a few questions on the 
>> Starlink commodity terminals and ISL.
>>
>> 1) Is the commodity hardware capable of forming multiple GSL channels 
>> to multiple satellites? If it's not possible, is it possible that the 
>> hardware allows multiple downlink but only one uplink?

> Based on our observations, no to both questions - one sat at a time. 
> We've noticed that power use goes up with observed downlink rate, 
> though. Mike Puchol might be able to comment a bit more here as he's 
> tried to get between Dishy and the birds.

We don't know if this is a hardware limitation or a software limitation, what we 
can observe is that currently it doesn't appear to do multiple connections.

David Lang