Re: [AFMUG] YouTuber dismantles the SpaceX Starlink 'Dishy McFlatface' Antenna! [V

Sun, 29 Nov 2020 10:33:20 -0800

Musk has commented more than once that the cost of the terminal is an ongoing worry. They're selling it for $500 right now, and I suspect they're losing money on it.

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On 11/29/2020 10:28 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:

What do you estimate it would cost them to manufacture in large quantities?  People are probably assuming it’s a $10 item at some point, but it looks expensive to me, even at scale.

 

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Subject: Re: [AFMUG] YouTuber dismantles the SpaceX Starlink 'Dishy McFlatface' Antenna! [V

 

Clever motor assembly.   Be fun to use that same mechanism for a solar panel.  I may have to give that a try. 

So, it does steer mechanically.  Almost has to to maximize the gain. 

 

Looks like roughly 2000 patches. 

Looks like roughly 500 chips feeding them.  So a 4 patch array fed by a T/R-LNA - power amp.  4-6 of those clusters fed into a larger chip that probably does the phasing for steering.

 

So the antenna is just a whole lot of simple in a very massive scale. 

 

 

 

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