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Planning for 32 new starlink satellites approved in Wherstead

dazmatic

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The antennas are surprisingly low power

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The gateway antenna is a 1.5-meter parabolic dish capable of steering its beams to track NGSO satellites passing within its field of view. At the antenna flange, the maximum transmit power is 50W. Although unlikely in practice, for purposes of this analysis we have conservatively assumed that the gateway can transmit at 100% duty cycle.”

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Interesting also that this is being built by GTT / Hibernia Networks technically as part of their global high-speed submarine fibre network. Holders of the crown of the fastest fibre link between British Isles and North America.

There must be some reason for siting it in Suffolk a few miles away from the existing ground station that Starlink use at the very large satellite farm behind BT Adastral Park in Martlesham.

Edit - looks like its going to piggyback on their existing fibre path which runs nearby between London and the continent.
 
Edit - looks like its going to piggyback on their existing fibre path which runs nearby between London and the continent.
This ^^

The fibre was installed through Suffolk many many moons ago, unfortunately and ironically Suffolk never actually got to use it.

I used to live in Leiston and there's another fibre that runs through there and makes landfall further down the coastline I think that doesn't stop anywhere local.

Always used to frustrate me that there was a phat pipe at the end of my road and there's me struggling with 56k.
 
Not sure where this one makes landfall, but there’s several other fibre links that come in via Lowestoft and the landing stations for each are in otherwise very non-descript industrial units nearby. The same industrial estate too.
 
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