Typically at this time there is only a few satatellites available. Space is big and a shell 500KM above the earth is much larger.
If the motion is small/slow then I’d say it’d work with maybe degraded quality. I do not know how fast their phase array antenna can change direction. The dish doesn’t move once it finds the best position and uses the phase array to direct the signal to/from a satellite.
I’d say slow moving vehicle is much slower than the angular speed of the satellite. So basically it’d cause a faster angular speed.
For a ship wouldn’t a stabilised platform solve the wave motion? Maybe gryo stabilised.
Technically it could work and probably it will work in the future, but I guess the software for it is not yet production ready. If I remember correctly Musk said this function is active on antennas he sent to Ukraine.
There are two options how to do that (Starlink uses both):
Antenna has motorized stand that keeps it pointed in the right direction.
Beamforming - antenna is actually array of many small antennas and by slightly changing transmission timing of individual antennas it can move the aim/focus of the whole.
Yes, it is even possible to communicate with different satellites at the same time if they are not too far away from each other.
basicly gyros are amazing tech I have used them in helis and planes with RC and they are really perfect, it would be easy to make a base with gyros for RVs etc
Off-topic: I bought a bunch of small neodymium magnets for a DIY project and they’re amazingly strong. Good job they’re small because any bigger and they’d easily do you an injury.
I grabbed 2 sets out of old full height disk drive and they are big enough to cause pain. I won’t say how i know
But dead 3.5" drives are great for small neodymium but strong. Pinch alert for them, they are just big enough.
Not hard to make a platform for a vessel to maintain a flat (to earth) surface.
Typically the dish is talking to at least 2 at certain times to hand off from one to the other. Here in Australia there is usually a max of 5 satellites the dish could use but will use only 1 and 2 when passing off from one to the other. The phase array seems to be able to have at least two separate “beams”.
I estimate that a vehicle on a basically flat road would work, but turning (even small) corners is a massive angular motion and as @peca says the software is not set to handle that at this time (except Ukraine).
You have read right and we’ve known that here in Australia for many years. Maybe 10 to 15 or even more.
But those out of the full height drive, I could not swallow. If they are within 3 to 4 inches to each other they will move to meet the other even upwards.
These warnings were also noted for bucky balls (3 and 5 mm magnetic balls). But really any size magnet is a danger to young kids. Also button batteries are a huge problem if ingested.
