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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [Starlink] The curious case of the missing Starlink spectrum licences X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 01:27:09 -0000 The other day I had reason to look up the Starlink spectrum licences in=20 NZ. These are issued by Radio Spectrum Management in NZ and used to be=20 in the Register of Radio Frequencies, which is publicly searchable: https://www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/how-do-i/use-the-rrf/search-the-rrf/ Alas, this time, I've drawn an almost complete blank. None of the six=20 known ground stations still have their licenses on the register. There=20 are a few lone search suggestions for a licence "57321 PUWERA STARLINK=20 SES", "56530 TE HANA STARLINK SES", "57189 CLEVEDON STARLINK SES",=20 "57282 HINDS STARLINK SES", "56839 CROMWELL STARLINK SES", and "56383=20 AWARUA STARLINK SES" but these searches come up empty or with irrelevant=20 results. Similarly, searching for any kind of satellite licence fails to=20 find them. Similarly looking for "starlink", "space", or "spacex". Yet a traceroute from our Dishy shows that we're still landing in NZ. So=20 that presumably means that the teleports are still operating here and=20 that Starlink isn't backhauling via laser to elsewhere. Security? The locations of the teleports are well known, they're=20 plastered all over the Internet and are visible on Google Maps/Earth. So=20 they're probably not hiding the licences to disguise location. Website dysfunction? Possible. NZ government department websites don't=20 always work all that well. But I can also find plenty of other licences=20 on the site, so it's not all that dysfunctional. Licence holder change? Then they should pop up under satellite spectrum=20 licenses, but all the contenders there are the usual suspects (Inmarsat,=20 Optus, Iridium, ...). No Starlink in Ku or Ka band. That makes me wonder: Is Elon not paying his fees? Anyone seeing anything similar where they are? --=20 **************************************************************** Dr. Ulrich Speidel School of Computer Science Room 303S.594 (City Campus) The University of Auckland u.speidel@auckland.ac.nz http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~ulrich/ ****************************************************************