SpaceX quietly introduced a brand new Standard Starlink terminal that’s slimmer and simpler than the previous version, with a ten percent broader field of view and no motor for organising — as an alternative, it comes with a kickstand; to orient it, you just move it. A Starlink support page says the kit is out there “by invitation only to a small group of early customers within the US.”
SpaceX bumped its weather resistance rating up from IP54 to IP67, meaning it must be totally dust-proof and will be submerged in a single meter of water for so long as half-hour before potential damage. Starlink’s specifications page says it could operate in winds over 60MPH. Speaking of which, the corporate will sell mounts in case you’d reasonably secure it in place. It’s otherwise roughly the identical size because the previous Standard terminal (now called Standard Actuated).
The Wi-Fi router has been redesigned and now sits on its long edge as an alternative of standing upright. It also comes with two coverable ethernet LAN ports and one ethernet WAN port that connects to the terminal (the older model had no ethernet ports in any respect). It’s now a tri-band Wi-Fi 6 router, whereas the previous model was a dual-band Wi-Fi 5 device, and the location says it could cover as much as 3,200 square feet versus the two,000 square feet of the older router.