Re: [Starlink] Starlink for Tonga?

[Mike Puchol <mike@starlink.sx>]

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If you take zenith at the example, start looking due South. Raise your sights up until you hit 25° elevation - you can start transmitting then. Keep going up in elevation, once you reach 72°, you need to stop transmitting. Keep going up until you reach 90° (zenith), then keep going due North, now dropping elevation. When you get to 72° towards North, you can start transmitting again, until you drop to 25°.

If you click on a satellite on my tracker you will see the region blocked by GSO, based on the satellite’s latitude (beware of weird date line effects, try it over Africa).

Best,

Mike
On Feb 8, 2022, 10:05 +0100, Daniel AJ Sokolov <daniel@sokolov.eu.org>, wrote:
> On 2022-02-08 at 01:58, Mike Puchol wrote:
> > In the Equator, the GSO protection band starts due East, and goes all
> > the way across the sky due West. It also takes out 37° of visible sky
> > at zenith.
>
> Thank you.
>
> If it goes all the way from East to West, how can one run any Starlink
> there?
>
> Does the protection area go from East to West via North, but Starlink
> could use East to West via South? Or the other way round?
>
> Or is the protection band only at certain angles off the ground?
>
> I think I get the 37° at Zenit - Zenit +18 and -18.
>
> Thank you!
> Daniel

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