Starlink Internet Connection equipment - Home/Office user

[ShSch]

I've always seen the uncropped versions when I went to the originally posted link, and I still think they are the same group of terminals seen from two angles.

Would you mind enumerating 5 dishes in both of these pictures showing a bijection (one-to-one correspondence) between them? Only four are visible on the second picture, but there is an obvious cable going to the fifth one.

By the way, a few buildings are visible around the roof. But for the life of me, I cannot locate them on Google Maps near SpaceX office in Redmond. Any ideas where this roof might be located?

I'd label them the same as AnalogMan did above.  I spent a little while looking at Google Maps a couple days ago and also didn't have any luck trying to match the pictures to a SpaceX building.

Hm-m, as far as I can tell, dish #4 is located very close to the end of the roof in the second picture, while there is quite a bit of roofing behind it in the first picture. Also, the amount of space (number of roofing seams) between dishes #2 and #4 is noticeably different, as mentioned by user aero above. But you obviously see something different.

[su27k]

From reddit thread: There is now a login page on starlink.com, and the website is now accepting addresses in addition to zipcodes.

The background image of the login page also shows the user terminal officially for the first time.

[guyw]

I updated my address this morning. Just for fun, I tried logging in with my email address and when it rejected the login, I hit the forgot password button, but never got an email with the reset password. Make sense because I have not been given the opportunity to actually create a login account yet, but I had to try  .

[RedLineTrain]

Today, SpaceX submitted the Starlink router for FCC approval.  It will be manufactured in Taiwan.  I'm guessing it is a rebadge of an already-existing router.  Provides Power-over-Ethernet.  Model No. UTR-201.

FCC Record

[RDMM2081]

Confirmed on Twitter today by Elon, yes the "UFO on a stick" moves:

"Starlink terminal has motors to self-orient for optimal view angle. No expert installer required. Just plug in & give it a clear view of the sky. Can be in garden, on roof, table, pretty much anywhere, so long as it has a wide view of the sky."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1283142384268779522

[gongora]

Confirmed on Twitter today by Elon, yes the "UFO on a stick" moves:

"Starlink terminal has motors to self-orient for optimal view angle. No expert installer required. Just plug in & give it a clear view of the sky. Can be in garden, on roof, table, pretty much anywhere, so long as it has a wide view of the sky."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1283142384268779522

That isn't new information, he's said it before

[RDMM2081]

Confirmed on Twitter today by Elon, yes the "UFO on a stick" moves:

"Starlink terminal has motors to self-orient for optimal view angle. No expert installer required. Just plug in & give it a clear view of the sky. Can be in garden, on roof, table, pretty much anywhere, so long as it has a wide view of the sky."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1283142384268779522

That isn't new information, he's said it before

I'm sorry for the noise, I thought it was new information.  Was it another Tweet, or somewhere else that he mentioned it before?

[gongora]

It was a tweet, I don't remember exactly when.

[gongora]

Hey, I actually remembered how to search on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1214548764054216704

Looks like a thin, flat, round UFO on a stick. Starlink Terminal has motors to self-adjust optimal angle to view sky. Instructions are simply:
  - Plug in socket
  - Point at sky
These instructions work in either order. No training required.

[Mandella]

Nice to see the design hasn't changed that much though. It's a bit stubbier than I was expecting. More like the satellite dish I already have in height, if not in looks.

I'm looking forward to hearing user reports of how much sky it needs to see to keep a good signal.

[ShSch]

A production version is apparently ready and looks even nicer.

Small note: latch on post near base is gone & powered Ethernet wire is less obtrusive in production version

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1283246252608503808

[su27k]

Additional user terminal photos from the website, dug up by reddit

[vsatman]

Today, SpaceX submitted the Starlink router for FCC approval.  It will be manufactured in Taiwan.  I'm guessing it is a rebadge of an already-existing router.  Provides Power-over-Ethernet.  Model No. UTR-201.

Do I understand correctly that Space X applied to the FCC on June 26 and received approval from the FCC on July 14?

[RedLineTrain]

Today, SpaceX submitted the Starlink router for FCC approval.  It will be manufactured in Taiwan.  I'm guessing it is a rebadge of an already-existing router.  Provides Power-over-Ethernet.  Model No. UTR-201.

Do I understand correctly that Space X applied to the FCC on June 26 and received approval from the FCC on July 14?

No, it appears that the package was submitted to the FCC on July 14, or at least it was entered into the FCC's system on that date.  Some of the test reports were issued by the lab only last week.

[northstar]

Just saw something in a BCG photo, reposted on Teslarati.

In the pictures all the antennae disks are aligned similarly, although the support posts, as shown by the lables and cable input, are not in the same alignment.

Thus, the antennae has the ability to both tilt and revolve to find the optimum direction for it's location.

[ShSch]

Thus, the antennae has the ability to both tilt and revolve to find the optimum direction for it's location.

Well, Elon did say that each terminal has "motors", and you need only one motor to tilt. This picture is a nice confirmation of that.

[gongora]

The pictures of the back of the terminal make it look like it just tilts.

[northstar]

The pictures of the back of the terminal make it look like it just tilts.

Revolve to the correct angle, then tilt.

[Hummy]

Today, SpaceX submitted the Starlink router for FCC approval.  It will be manufactured in Taiwan.  I'm guessing it is a rebadge of an already-existing router.  Provides Power-over-Ethernet.  Model No. UTR-201.

Do I understand correctly that Space X applied to the FCC on June 26 and received approval from the FCC on July 14?

FCC certification doesn't work like that. The FCC has certified a hundred or so independent labs worldwide including in mainland China, Taiwan, and many other countries. Virtually all certifications are performed by these labs. The FCC doesn't even approve anything, approval is issued by a certifying lab. See "Test Report (NII)" here. The lab in Taiwan received a sample kit on May 25th, testing was performed between June 11th and 30th, the report with 7 Passes (page 6) was issued on July 9th, and finally submitted to the FCC site on July 14th. The FCC site is only for the public records. Once certification is submitted device can be sold in the US. There is also an option to specify a publication date when the record goes public. Apple pretty much always uses this option for major products. Most companies including SpaceX this time don't bother.

[Alexphysics]

Don't know if you follow her on Instagram but earlier today Jessie Anderson was posting pictures and videos on her stories of she unboxing a Starlink terminal and installing it and showing everything and all. It has been taken down so I will not post any of those videos and photos given that it was likely she didn't have permission to show that. But it is true that it is a very simple system to install and connect to. She showed the instructions and things like that. The box is larger than I thought. "Pizza box sized" but... it was more like a large-sized pizza box.