[Starlink] Quick questions about Starlink user terminal
David Lang
david at lang.hm
Thu May 11 19:47:42 EDT 2023
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
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