Starlink should soon launch a “mini” dish providing access to its satellite internet connection service. In any case, the production of this material seems to be off to a good start.
A “mini” version of a Starlink connection terminal is in production, according to the discovery of Oleg Kutkov, a Ukrainian engineer whose job — repairing and modifying the company’s devices — leads him to dig into firmware. He had previously discovered references to prototypes (“mini1_proto0” and “mini1_proto1”), his latest https://twitter.com/olegkutkov/status/1785463739610804254 this time concerns “mini1_prod1”.
A launch coming very soon?
Such a reference in the firmware seems quite clearly to indicate that this famous Starlink mini is finally ready for production and that the parable would soon come out. Oleg Kutkov adds that the device should have a design “ much more compact » than existing terminals. Currently, the company offers four models that are all quite large.
In mid-January, Elon Musk had https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1745941814165815717 the launch of the Starlink mini later this year, specifying that the device would fit in a backpack. You should always be wary of the billionaire’s promises, but as far as the size is concerned, we should be able to figure it out fairly quickly.
The arrival of a more compact model will add additional flexibility to Starlink’s commercial offering, which had 2.7 million customers worldwide in April (+500,000 in four months). The same Musk is counting on the profits made by Starlink to finance the space epic of the parent company SpaceX: “ Starlink is amazing at providing internet access around the world, and also at funding a lot of what we do here [à SpaceX] “, https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1776669097490776563 last month.
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