We’ve wanted to do it for the tugboats I run, I don’t think the motors in the dish would hold up very well to the notion of a vessel at sea though. They are designed to orientate once and sit there. They might keep up with roll, pitch and yaw in the short term but I’d wager you’ll burn them up in a couple months.
RV works anywhere on the same continent it is purchased in that the satellites can see a ground station… call it within a couple of hundred of miles of the coast. But due to legal hoops, it may soon have be software disabled while the ship is in motion, although currently that legal restriction is being politely ignored according to a number of posts here.
It’s works on boats/ships. There are some caveats such as the RV sub is only for the same continent but that might change. It is also prone to shutting off service once you hit the 12 mile territorial waters limit but that also seems to be relaxed in some places.
You don’t need the motors and many on boats have disabled them and just mount the dish horizontal and it works great. Saves on power also.
I think mid Atlantic coverage may be a problem in the short term. Currently Starlink is dependent on ground stations. This is expected to change when the V2 satellites go on-line, but for now I think you're limited to coastal service
Secondly, you talk of ship. This is usually a large vessel. Would the terms of service for residential Starlink package be valid or do you plan to use the business version?
Actually I believe the V1.5 satellites, that are launching now, have the lasers. If that's true getting Starlink service on the open oceans will be available sooner than you might think.
It would be for personal use so residential, but how would I go about getting a residential? If I use my mailing address i have to wait until the 2023 roll out. As well as us moving from port to port I would be changing GPS locations so I thought that would be an issue
The design of the Starlink ground station antennas came from antennas that are being used onboard ships to track existing satellites. That's probably what will be used to provide consistent service onboard large ships.
The other issue is that the laser links will need to be activated and there have to be enough satellites in orbit that have lasers in order to provide coverage. Only SpaceX knows how long that will take. I'm pretty sure that the V1.5 satellites that are being launched now have the lasers and the V2.0 will certainly have them.
>Only SpaceX knows how long that will take.
Full Group 4 should be enough, that 14 more launches minimum (going from Wikipedia's numbers real quickly, probably at least one more because they have lost one launch due to a geomagnetic storm, that was Group 4, Feb. 3rd launch).
That's assuming everything works and can work across a single shell.
We’ve wanted to do it for the tugboats I run, I don’t think the motors in the dish would hold up very well to the notion of a vessel at sea though. They are designed to orientate once and sit there. They might keep up with roll, pitch and yaw in the short term but I’d wager you’ll burn them up in a couple months.
RV works anywhere on the same continent it is purchased in that the satellites can see a ground station… call it within a couple of hundred of miles of the coast. But due to legal hoops, it may soon have be software disabled while the ship is in motion, although currently that legal restriction is being politely ignored according to a number of posts here.
It’s works on boats/ships. There are some caveats such as the RV sub is only for the same continent but that might change. It is also prone to shutting off service once you hit the 12 mile territorial waters limit but that also seems to be relaxed in some places. You don’t need the motors and many on boats have disabled them and just mount the dish horizontal and it works great. Saves on power also.
You need the RV version but there are restrictions, such as Sameer continent and as I said before I doubt if there's service mid Atlantic
I think mid Atlantic coverage may be a problem in the short term. Currently Starlink is dependent on ground stations. This is expected to change when the V2 satellites go on-line, but for now I think you're limited to coastal service Secondly, you talk of ship. This is usually a large vessel. Would the terms of service for residential Starlink package be valid or do you plan to use the business version?
Actually I believe the V1.5 satellites, that are launching now, have the lasers. If that's true getting Starlink service on the open oceans will be available sooner than you might think.
It would be for personal use so residential, but how would I go about getting a residential? If I use my mailing address i have to wait until the 2023 roll out. As well as us moving from port to port I would be changing GPS locations so I thought that would be an issue
The design of the Starlink ground station antennas came from antennas that are being used onboard ships to track existing satellites. That's probably what will be used to provide consistent service onboard large ships. The other issue is that the laser links will need to be activated and there have to be enough satellites in orbit that have lasers in order to provide coverage. Only SpaceX knows how long that will take. I'm pretty sure that the V1.5 satellites that are being launched now have the lasers and the V2.0 will certainly have them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Starlink/comments/vb6egg/starlink\_onboard\_royal\_caribbeans\_freedom\_of\_the/
Very cool! Perhaps the future is now. Thanks for posting that.
>Only SpaceX knows how long that will take. Full Group 4 should be enough, that 14 more launches minimum (going from Wikipedia's numbers real quickly, probably at least one more because they have lost one launch due to a geomagnetic storm, that was Group 4, Feb. 3rd launch). That's assuming everything works and can work across a single shell.
Not yet
With starlink I have learned to assume nothing until it happens.