Ellie in Space
A Dishy fan asked me to talk more about SpaceX Starlink ground stations, so I decided, why not go to one!
I live closest to this gateway station in Prosser, WA. There are 9 antennas at this gateway station.
To receive internet from the satellite constellation, SpaceX is setting up Starlink Gateway ground stations. Ground stations are the linking factor between the satellites in space and the internet data centers on Earth that connect to existing fiber-optic infrastructure which connects to the world wide web. The company plans to build hundreds of these Starlink Gateway stations.
In the future the satellites will be equipped with lasers which will enable the satellites to beam data to one another without the need for ground stations.
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Viewer question about ground stations
01:35 Starlink background
02:38 Ground stations for Starlink
03:25 Reddit users share hardware information
04:10 What are radomes?
04:57 Laser linked satellites in testing
05:30 SpaceX will install ground stations at Google data centers
06:23 Blooper reel
07:01 Get a DISHY Shirt!
Here is a link to the gateway station map:
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