There seems to be some confusion on this one - the drones are not capable of directly using Starlink. The drone’s short to medium range air-to-ground data & video link can be relayed by the drone’s local controller to a command post over a Starlink internet connection. The command post could also be using Starlink, but the scenario looks like this:


The drone is presumed to be remote and only having Starlink as the uplink towards the command post. The command post could be in a position to be served by fiber, and use Starlink as a backup (or vice-versa). I have assumed the drone’s data link works at 5 GHz, but it could be on any band.

Best,

Mike
On Mar 20, 2022, 12:15 +0100, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com>, wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10630625/Elon-Musks-internet-allowing-Ukrainian-drones-pound-Putins-helpless-tanks.html

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