The Starlink satellite internet connection dishes stop working and disconnect from the satellites as soon as they reach a temperature of 50 ° Celsius.
Are you waiting for the Starlink satellite connection to officially arrive in Greece and do you live in Crete or even worse in Gavdos? You should probably think twice before signing Musk. Reports from Arizona that have been plagued by heat for two days now say that the dishes
they stop working when they measure an outside temperature of 50 ° Celsius and above.
Specifically, a Starlink beta user in Arizona named Martin reported losing internet service for over seven hours yesterday when the satellite dish overheated, showing one of the downsides of SpaceX's broadband service. When the user's internet service was interrupted, the Starlink application sent a message erroron his screen, which said, “Offline: Thermal Shutdown”. The dish “overheated” and “Starlink will reconnect after cooling down”.
Posted on Reddit a snapshot of its screen with the error message. He contacted Starlink Support, which told him that "the dish will heat up to 50C and restart when it reaches 40C."
The user started the "patents" by wetting the plate to cool it. After pouring enough water with a sprinkler, he heard it again, as he reports YouTube to continue playback.
"The fix was temporary," he continued. “When I stopped the atomizer, the plate reheated and returned to the thermal apactivation operation. The overheating started at about 11:30 am. and the plate came together at about 7 p.m. .. For now I will go to a shop to get what I need to make a shade over the dish and see if that will affect the connection and speed.”
Officially, SpaceX states that the "McFlatface Plate" is certified to operate from 30 ° below zero to 40 ° Celsius. Temperatures reached about 48,8 ° yesterday in the town of Topock in Martin, near the border between Arizona and California.
The beta beta version of Starlink launched in October 2020 and there is still no word on when exactly it will be available commercially. However, the service could come in the coming months, as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said Starlink would be available in "most of Earth" by the end of 2021 and globally by next year. year.
In addition to the coverage and capacity of its system, SpaceX must solve the themelegislation in each country separately. Contacts and consultations have been made in Greece and as it sounds things will go smoothly and we will have the service available within SpaceX's time horizon.
