[Starlink] I had forgotten how good this was

[Mike Puchol]

Thank you Dave!

It has been a while since I wrote that piece, and so much has changed. I have been really busy with work, and haven’t been able to implement a lot of these changes into the starlink.sx tracker - I’m trying to put aside some time to update it.

The following I can think of:

• v2mini satellites are not modeled, and are now a great portion of the constellation.
• Gateways now have Ka and E band capability, increasing backhaul capacity considerably (5 GHz available on E band).
• Several megasites have been constructed (32 gateway antennas per site).
• Additional Ku beams are available on v2mini satellites.
• ISL is a complete mesh now, with very few gaps.
• DTC onboard newer v2mini satellites.
• Reduced operational altitude on some shells, enabling more frequency re-use, and 3-4 dB better link margin.
• New versions of the UT, with Mini being the equivalent of 802.11b Wi-Fi clients ruining the party for G/N clients by dragging down resources.



Best,

Mike
On Jan 14, 2025 at 14:24 -0800, Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net>, wrote:
> https://mikepuchol.com/modeling-starlink-capacity-843b2387f501
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> It has a few challengeable assumptions now.
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