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Dec 28, 2021Explorer
SpaceX’s Starlink currently only provides internet service to a specific address. The user dish antenna cannot be moved too far from the specific location. “Your Starlink is assigned to a single cell,” the company says, “If you move your Starlink outside of its assigned cell, a satellite will not be scheduled to serve your Starlink and you will not receive internet.” However, SpaceX does have plans to expand service coverage to enable mobile service. Users will be able to access the internet service everywhere, even during camping trips in remote regions.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk shared SpaceX Starlink service will go mobile sometime in 2022. “…So you can move it anywhere or use it on an RV or truck in motion,” he said, “We need a few more satellite launches to achieve compete coverage and some key software upgrades.” Some Starlink users have tested how far away from their registered service address can they go and still access the internet, the max distance is around a 40-kilometer radius.
Last month, Musk said that Starlink “should work everywhere for global maritime by roughly middle of next year” when “enough satellites with laser links are launched. Until then, it will be patchy when far from land,” he said. Long-term, SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation will not need many ground stations/data centers because all of the satellites that will be launched in 2022 are equipped with inter-satellite communication laser links that will enable satellites to transfer data with one another without the need to directly receive information from the ground stations. This feature enables the company to expand service coverage much faster.
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