Nathan Owens
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Starlink @ SpaceX; ex-Netflix, AWS. Software, systems, data, networking. Bike rides, hikes, nutrition/longevity, home servers, and more.
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After nearly 5 great years, today was my last day at Netflix. Excited to get started at SpaceX (Starlink) in 2 weeks!
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Looks like Tesla is already testing Optimus in the factory...
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Starlink now offers unlimited data on "standard" service plans! The 1Mbps cap has been removed for "priority" plans, with unlimited standard access. Mobile services also have unlimited data, and Mobile Priority requires the purchase of additional data. The data usage meter has
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NEWS: Starlink RV is now called “Roam” with a new global option available for all!
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Starlink is now live in all of Alaska, closing the previous coverage gap. A map update will probably come later today.
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lol holy moly!
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Many Starlink V2 Mini Launches coming soon!
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As usual, SpaceX mission numbering is a bit
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NEWS: SpaceX has applied for permission to operate 2 new EISM User Terminals with the FCC.
"Version 2 of SpaceX Services' new fixed user terminals will leverage a smaller form factor than Version I to allow consumers to enjoy the benefits of high-speed, low-latency broadband
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"To meet growing demand for Starlink, we are opening a new Starlink Factory in the Austin area to manufacture Starlink Products and we are looking for a talented Operations Manager to lead initial bring up and long-term growth of the new site."
@RealTeslaNorth
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Super excited to be able to share some of what we have been working on over the last few months!
The Starlink team has been focused on improving network performance with the goal of < 20ms latency.
Over the past month, we have meaningfully reduced median and worst-case latency for users around the world →
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Number of Starlink Customers over time (credit: Hugo on )
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In an email to a Brazilian customer, SpaceX have confirmed ISLs are now largely active. (translated from Portuguese)
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Best photo I’ve got of the OLM legs and chopsticks at the cape
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SpaceX has switched Starlink shipments to cardboard packaging, making it more recyclable.
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Starlink Gen2 news:
- "SpaceX anticipates that it will begin launching Gen2 satellites before the end of December"
- SpaceX has filed applications with the FCC to run 3 different UTs + ESIM using Gen2 sats: UT (E210127), UT (E190066), HP-UT (E220009), ESIM (E210309)
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NEWS: Starlink is testing a new "Global Roaming Service" for $200/mo, plus the standard $599 for Hardware. Will they offer this as an add-on for $65/mo like portability?
@RealTeslaNorth
@MarcusTuck3
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"A Starlink terminal set up inside a C-130J Super Hercules airlifter at Yokota allowed Klein to video conference with an airman who was using a Starlink terminal on Diego Garcia, an island more than 5,000 miles away in the Indian Ocean."
"The Air Force
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Many Starlink V2 Mini Launches coming soon!
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As usual, SpaceX mission numbering is a bit
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@spacex
is working Supplemental Type Certs for significantly more aircraft! Starlink antennas will soon be able to be installed on Airbus A330, A321; Boeing 737, 757, 787; Bombardier Q400, Q300; Embraer E170, E175, E190, E195; and ATR 72, and more!
@RealTeslaNorth
@SawyerMerritt
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Per a user on Reddit, Starlink's price in Brazil is being reduced from R$230 to R$185/mo. That's ~$46 USD to $37 USD. Equipment is now reduced to R$1000 (~$200 USD).
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SpaceX has lowered the starting price of Starlink Business service in the US to $250/mo (down from $500), and introduced 2 new tiers with 2TB and 6TB of data!
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The FCC has granted SpaceX's request to increase the maximum TX duty cycle on it's second-generation Starlink (rev3) User Terminals from 10.3% to 17.5%
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The FCC has granted SpaceX's STA request to use E-Band Gateway links on their Gen2 satellites, which they say will begin launching this month!
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Continuing the theme…. A nice camping weekend with Starlink Mini to watch the Western States 100!
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JSX said May 8 that it has completed installing the SpaceX Starlink inflight connectivity system across its fleet of 40 Embraer regional jets.
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Starlink Business in Australia has dropped in price from $750 to $374/mo ($264 USD). Hardware went from $3895 to $3740 ($2640 USD).
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Neat, they are squeezing in 1 more sat this time
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"SpaceX seeks to modify its V-band license so that it may deploy and operate up to 7,500 V-band payloads on satellites launched into its Gen2 system" filed yesterday
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SpaceX Starlink now has 273,920 IPv4 addresses across all RIRs, and 1 IPv6 prefix from each.
2803:9810::/32 - LACNIC
2605:59c0::/28 - ARIN
2406:2d40::/32 - APNIC
2a0d:3340::/29 - RIPE
2c0f:2a80::/32 - AFRINIC
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SpaceX and T-Mobile met with the FCC on January 10th to discuss the Direct-to-Cell application.
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Huh, interesting, SpaceX has applied for a blanket License for Ka band earth stations in the US and territories. "Each earth station will utilize up to 40 identical 1.85-meter antennas. Consistent with SpaceX’s space station authorizations, earth stations will simultaneously
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Starlink now offers API access to large customers - "API access is provided to larger business customers to manage accounts, user terminals, and service."
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SpaceX/Starlink (AS14593) have upgraded capacity at several IXPs over the last few months:
CIX-ATL: 2x100G -> 2x200G
DE-CIX NYC: 2x100G -> 2x200G
Any2 DEN: 2x100G -> 2x200G
Any2 LAX: 2x100G -> 2x200G
DE-CIX FRA: 2x100G -> 2x200G
EdgeIX SYD: 2x100G -> 2x200G
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NEWS: Starlink is now offering hardware rental in the UK
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SpaceX have seemingly already re-applied for Direct-to-Cell
In a surprising turn of events
@SpaceX
today withdrew all three
@FCC
filings for direct-to-handset cellular service to be provided from Starlink satellites filed in 2022 and detailed below. Reasons are unknown yet.
H/T:
@JRyanThomp
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SpaceX has requested additional Special Temporary Authority to operate additional VHF beacons on Gen2 Satellites.
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News: Starlink is now available in Nigeria! (h/t
@ZorroRojo782
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@RealTeslaNorth
@SawyerMerritt
@Megaconstellati
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The FCC has also granted SpaceX's request to extend it's blanket license authority to communicate with the SpaceX Starlink Gen2 constellation and cover all territories and possessions of the United States
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SpaceX has added Starlink IPs for Nairobi, Kenya to the GeoIP file.
102.215.58.128/26,KE,KE-30,Nairobi,
2c0f:2a80:300::/42,KE,KE-30,Nairobi,
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Summary of this evening's Starlink News:
- US RV went from $135/mo to $150/mo
- US Residential service seems to vary in price from $90 to $120 ($90 in avail. cell, $120 in waitlisted cell)
- US Residential users can no longer add portability
- Service launched in the Philippines
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Starlink Maritime (and presumably aviation) are now available globally, and in territorial waters regulation permitting!
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Starlink Maritime is now available for $250/mo with a 50GB data cap for international data, with unlimited data on inland waterways
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A large discount on Starlink hardware for rural UK users!
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The FCC has also granted the STA for SpaceX to "operate very-high frequency VHF beacons on SpaceX Gen2 satellites during launch and early operations LEOP, orbit raising, and for emergency backup telemetry, tracking and command TT&C."
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Starlink availability in the middle / east coast of the US has increased substantially
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On 12/27, SpaceX filed to build 5 US Gateway Megasites with E-Band (81-86Ghz TX, 71-76Ghz RX)!
Anderson, SC (existing)
Benkelman, NE (new)
Blountsvilole, AL (new)
Savannah, TN (existing)
Surrency, GA (new)
(h/t to u/feral_engineer on Reddit)
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NEWS: Starlink for RVs is now $150/mo in the US, up from $135/mo.
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This grant came with some stipulations:
* SpaceX may not operate more than 1,500 satellites in the E-band in the year following grant of this STA, subject to any updates in a future authorization.
* Maximum of 51 total fixed gateway sites
* Maximum of 19 fixed gateway sites
The FCC has granted SpaceX's STA request to use E-Band Gateway links on their Gen2 satellites, which they say will begin launching this month!
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Based on user reports, SpaceX has rolled out IPv6 on Starlink in many, if not all, locations -- Santiago, Seattle, Chicago, Frankfurt, and more. cc
@RealTeslaNorth
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SpaceX has filed a STA for Satellite use of E-Band (71-76Ghz, 81-86Ghz) for gateway communication
@RealTeslaNorth
@mikepuchol
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SpaceX has filed amendments for their US Starlink Gateway Megasites to add Ka-band capability on all 32 or 40 antennas, in addition to the already authorized 8 (where applicable) Ka antennas, or 32 E-Band antennas (STAs requested for but not yet approved).
@Megaconstellati
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I see you Starlink engineer putting a Unicorn in my obstruction map
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B1069 ahead of the Group 5-3 launch tonight at 2:43am. Photo by me!
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NEWS: SpaceX has been Granted STAs for the following E-Band Gateway Megasites today:
- Atlanta, GA
- Brunswick, ME
- York, PA
- Port Matilda, PA
- Clinton, IL
- Elkton, MD
- Romulus, NY
- Savanna, OK
- Redmond, WA
- Roberts, WI
- Arvin, CA
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The 2TB/6TB priority plans and 1TB/5TB mobile priority plans have been added as switchable options on the Starlink app and website
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@Austen
Pretty sure that’s not true, “organic” is a term controlled by the USDA, and requires certification and record keeping on the part of farms / farmers.
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Solid improvement in reliability from Starlink today…. Not the lowest # of interruptions I’ve ever seen, but definitely the best in several weeks. Keep up the good work!
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In November, the list was "ERJ-135, ERJ-145, G650, G550, Falcon 2000, G450, Challenger 300, Challenger 350, Global Express, Global 5000, Global 6000, and Global 7500."
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I was able to take advantage of this offer and bought an HP dish. Will report my experience!
News: SpaceX offering $600 off the HP dish to select customers. Presumably those in northern latitudes and cold climates.
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Starlink at peak time -- 8:45pm on Saturday night, averaging 237Mbps for the last 5 minutes.
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Starlink Priority / Business now has a self service option for public IP addressing
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You can now transfer your Starlink and bring-your-own Dishy!
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You're reading this because the Internet worked. Want to see how far the rabbit hole goes? We're hiring, DM me:
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SpaceX is now offering Starlink Maritime staring at $1000/mo with a single antenna! The "Premium" offering with 2 antennas and more data is still offered. h/t
@dorianbanks
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I totally missed this in the E-Band STA: "SpaceX anticipates launching satellites with E-band capability beginning in early February 2023."
Starlink Group 6-1 is NET Feb 4, 2023...
@Megaconstellati
@RealTeslaNorth
@mikepuchol
@13ericralph31
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Starlink's coming business tiers have changed in their Fair Use Policy, and the cost of additional data has dropped from $1/GB to $0.50/GB.
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SpaceX are fulfilling Starlink orders in northern Alaska and Canada and service can seemingly now be ordered anywhere in Alaska (71.3 N) or Canada (82.5 N)! Even in Alert, NU -- the most northern inhabited place in the world! cc
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@mikepuchol
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This Starlink feature has launched as of app version 2023.03.0. There is also a “cable ping drop rate” between the dish and router.
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Per their 10K filing, AWS operates 38,204,000sq ft of (presumably mostly) datacenter space. 17.77 mil sq ft owned, 20.43 mil sq ft leased. Based on my own accounting, the ~78 buildings in us-east-1 are ~11,750,000sq ft -- almost 1/3rd of their total footprint!
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I had missed it previously, but the FCC granted SpaceX's STA requests for all current Starlink UTs to use the Gen2 constellation.
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NEWS: it is now possible to add existing Starlink hardware to an existing account. Previously this was only available for new account creation.
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Starlink Email on the changes
Starlink now offers unlimited data on "standard" service plans! The 1Mbps cap has been removed for "priority" plans, with unlimited standard access. Mobile services also have unlimited data, and Mobile Priority requires the purchase of additional data. The data usage meter has
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Starlink Dish hardware rentals are now available in New Zealand ($29NZD/mo) and Ireland (17EUR/mo), per reports on Reddit.
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There's a real place like this too
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SpaceX seems to be pushing the envelope again, this will be the heaviest launch with v1.5 satellites to date, north of 17,000kg!
Targeting 4:22 a.m. ET on Thursday, January 26 for Falcon 9’s launch of 56 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Florida →
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That’s a super cool truck
Just another beautiful day in Florida… Oh look, here comes a Falcon 9 with an upper stage attached. ❤️ Those bus passengers got a thrill!
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Am I dumb, or is Google Maps just completely useless sometimes? When I search for something, it also does not default to searching the area I'm viewing!
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@Deor
76 buildings to pick from and 2/3 of those photos are not actually us-east-1… they are pretty easy to find, near identical shells
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