<div dir="auto"><div>Use <a href="http://starlink.sx">starlink.sx</a> instead<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 14, 2023, 12:24 PM Alexandre Petrescu via Starlink <<a href="mailto:starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net">starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Le 13/11/2023 à 02:27, Ulrich Speidel via Starlink a écrit :<br>
> The other day I had reason to look up the Starlink spectrum licences <br>
> in NZ. These are issued by Radio Spectrum Management in NZ and used to <br>
> be in the Register of Radio Frequencies, which is publicly searchable:<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/how-do-i/use-the-rrf/search-the-rrf/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/how-do-i/use-the-rrf/search-the-rrf/</a><br>
><br>
> Alas, this time, I've drawn an almost complete blank. None of the six <br>
> known ground stations still have their licenses on the register. There <br>
> are a few lone search suggestions for a licence "57321 PUWERA STARLINK <br>
> SES", "56530 TE HANA STARLINK SES", "57189 CLEVEDON STARLINK SES", <br>
> "57282 HINDS STARLINK SES", "56839 CROMWELL STARLINK SES", and "56383 <br>
> AWARUA STARLINK SES" but these searches come up empty or with <br>
> irrelevant results. Similarly, searching for any kind of satellite <br>
> licence fails to find them. Similarly looking for "starlink", "space", <br>
> or "spacex".<br>
><br>
> Yet a traceroute from our Dishy shows that we're still landing in NZ. <br>
> So that presumably means that the teleports are still operating here <br>
> and that Starlink isn't backhauling via laser to elsewhere.<br>
><br>
> Security? The locations of the teleports are well known, they're <br>
> plastered all over the Internet and are visible on Google Maps/Earth. <br>
> So they're probably not hiding the licences to disguise location.<br>
<br>
I think there is a problem with the names of locations of teleports <br>
reported by these sites. I suggest to not take them seriously.<br>
<br>
For example, <a href="http://satellitemap.space" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">satellitemap.space</a> shows for France a same photo for two <br>
different locations of 2 teleports.<br>
<br>
I am not sure how they calculate the positions of the teleports and how <br>
they report it?<br>
<br>
><br>
> Website dysfunction? Possible. NZ government department websites don't <br>
> always work all that well. But I can also find plenty of other <br>
> licences on the site, so it's not all that dysfunctional.<br>
><br>
> Licence holder change? Then they should pop up under satellite <br>
> spectrum licenses, but all the contenders there are the usual suspects <br>
> (Inmarsat, Optus, Iridium, ...). No Starlink in Ku or Ka band.<br>
><br>
> That makes me wonder: Is Elon not paying his fees?<br>
><br>
> Anyone seeing anything similar where they are?<br>
<br>
<br>
I did a search for France and starlink frequencies and city names, at <br>
regulators ARCEP and at LegiFrance at gov't. There is also an EU <br>
regulator to check, as well but I could not identify properly.<br>
<br>
I wanted to find precisely the allocated starlink frequencies and the <br>
cities of teleports.<br>
<br>
I could not find definite answers, because: there were disputes in the <br>
allocations and there are newcomers (Starlink-like LEO Internet <br>
providers, civilian and military). There also oppinions from the public <br>
at large that influence the decisions, typically related to health and <br>
environmental risks.<br>
<br>
This is my interpretation of the current allocations:<br>
<br>
The freqs allocated to Starlink in France are: 10.95 GHz (in some docs <br>
it's written 10.96 GHz) - 12.70 GHz, 14-14.5GHz, 17.7-19.3 GHz and 29.5 <br>
- 30 GHz. <br>
<a href="https://www.arcep.fr/actualites/actualites-et-communiques/detail/n/frequences-180423.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.arcep.fr/actualites/actualites-et-communiques/detail/n/frequences-180423.html</a><br>
<br>
Other constellation freqs that might overlap:<br>
<br>
The freqs considered for allocation to Thales (MCSAT or oneweb?, <br>
allocated or still under consideration? remark potential overlaps with <br>
starlink): 17.8 - 18.6 GHz, 18.8 - 19.3 GHz, 19.3 - 19.7 GHz. <br>
<a href="https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gsavis/20-1409.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gsavis/20-1409.pdf</a><br>
<br>
The freqs considered for allocation by law to Thales for "MCSAT-2 <br>
LEO-2": 17.8-18.6, 18.8-20.2,19.7-20.2 (strange two times 20.2), <br>
27.5-30,29.5-30. <a href="https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043142179" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000043142179</a><br>
<br>
There are some ARCEP consultations to the public about potential <br>
allocations to OneWeb.<br>
<br>
Maybe these potential overlaps have already been fixed, I dont know.<br>
<br>
<br>
The names of cities:<br>
<br>
The names of cities where starlink teleports might be situated <br>
hardly appear in the freq allocation documents. One can see in the <br>
starlink ARCEP allocations, maybe a city name like "Carros <br>
(Alpes-Maritimes) ". There are maybe a few (3?) such city names in the <br>
ARCEP docs. Or maybe I could not find them where they are.<br>
<br>
The official(?) geoip of starlink places indicate only one region <br>
for France, e.g. "<a href="http://145.224.76.0/24,FR,FR-IDF,Paris" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">145.224.76.0/24,FR,FR-IDF,Paris</a>". There are 28 such <br>
entries for 'FR' and they are all "FR-IDF". It stands for Île de <br>
France, a particular region in France. <br>
<a href="https://geoip.starlinkisp.net/feed.csv" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://geoip.starlinkisp.net/feed.csv</a><br>
<br>
The teleports shown by <a href="http://satellitemap.space" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">satellitemap.space</a> for France are 2 and are <br>
not situated in IdF (Île-de-France).<br>
<br>
It is incoherent: how many teleports are in France? Are they all <br>
situated in IdF?<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
<br>
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