The SuperYacht Data Revolution is Here! - Starlink
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In this video we are going o talk about Internet in the maritime sector and the revolution that is well… here!
Starlink how it has already started to change the industry and how it will when it is fully operational because it is not right now.
But now Starlink is saying their system has global coverage, but does it?
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I am currently in Antarctica at 64 degrees, 34 minutes and am watching this video via Starlink. I'm told it will work to 66degrees 30 minutes ( Antarctic Circle) and will be testing that next week. Revolutionary!
Out of curiosity, what speed and latency are you seeing?
Frikkin amazing
Wow!
Those Starlink antennas will get ripped off the boat at the first sign of ice near the Antarctic.
Oh Eddie's signal froze
42k satellites is to drastically increase bandwidth or load handling. Global coverage just means there are no or very few dead zones, it does not mean you will always get extremely high speeds during peak loads. The current amount of satellites will start to feel the squeeze as more and more use the system, thus a greater volume of satellites is required. Also, the new Gen2 variants provide much improved connection since they are able to transmit to each via laser in additional to ground connections. Once SpaceX has finished development of its Starship system, Gen3 variants of Starlink will start getting deployed which are considerably larger and can handle vastly greater loads, which will in turn improve speed and stability. This system will dominate maritime fairly quickly and prices will gradually come down over time. Very excited for the future of this system.
We have 3 Starlink systems on our homes…they work incredibly well. We would never go back! We have one location in the north near the Canadian border and it works very well in cold and snowy conditions. The others are in the Caribbean and they handle the heat and wind perfectly. Love your videos…we watch them all.
and one more on your private jet?
Starlink was a revolution for us in regional Australia. ADSL was slow and unreliable due to trees falling on the lines. 4G was an improvement, but when there are power outages - trees again - it is very limited. Best speed was 2 Mbits. Starlink is minimum 12Mbits and it does go up and down due to the trees on our property, it's hardly missed a beat in 18months+
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Former STEM professor here. I formerly taught the basic Internet Course, Data Communications, and Protocols to advanced Computer Science majors. While you obviously avoided the technical details, you did a brilliant job of comparing the relevant systems. One thing to note is that a basic constraint in Computer Science is the speed of light, which is much too slow for computers. For example, the time it takes a signal to reach a geosynchronous satellite, go back to earth, and the return message to reach the geosynchronous satellite and be sent back to the ship is approximately 1/3 of a second, which is a large percentage of the 600 millisecond latency.
Starlink 101. Thank you eSysman for a reasonably comprehensive explanation of Internet Communications. I feel as though I'm now better informed and will be able to explain to my grandchildren how Starlink will change the world of communications. 42,000 satellites - crikey!
Thanks for explaining internet magic. You always post interesting content.
I've had two residential Starlinks on the go now for well over a year (round dishy's represent), and they have become noticeably slower as more people have come on board, so they're definitely going to need more satellites. Both are still FAR better than the DSL I had at my house, and the LTE service I had at the cottage though. They have been more reliable than both, too!
They don't need more satellites, they need more ground stations.
My friend and I moved a 24m sailing catamaran from Agde in France along the coast down past Italy. I got off in Sorento.
We had Starlink RV which he ordered in France using the address of the boat in the marina (he bought it and we moved it out).
It worked flawlessly. We just had it screwed to a large observation deck on the stern. It delivered 50Mbs or more with insanely low latency. I listened to the Wimbledon Men's final on the BBC (I like radio sport 😊) while crossing to Elba far from shore.
I think my friend now has an issue because he's a long way from France where it is registered but the boat is in North Cyprus. It was good all the way to there. He probably has to convince Starlink to let him have service. He certainly didn't pay the super yacht price: his boat is big (24m x 12m aluminum) but it's very much not a super yacht.
And quite clearly the hardware we used wasn't the Maritime system. I think that was only announced while we were already underway.
The only reason for the price difference is because they can. There is no way Starlink works financially at $100 per month for anyone. They need some premium users like governments, military and others.
A final point: I'm pretty sure it works so well at sea is because Elon wanted better images of his rockets landing on drone ships in the Atlantic. The video always used to cut out when the rocket wash hit the drone ship and they were probably using VSAT. Once Starlink was operational there was a marked improvement in video from the ships and even from the landing rockets.
Thank you for this clear explanation, its mind boggling how things have progressed this last 30 years
The reason the marine version of Starlink is so expensive is because Elon knows Jeff Bezos has a yacht.
Haha
Lol
Amazon are following with their own LEO constellation. They have just received their space junk license and plan to have service in place by 2025/6.
@@grahamwoodcock9049 i wonder who will be their Launch provider :D
😅😅😅😅
Hello. I just watched you video about starlink. Very good content. Just so that you are aware, lots of yachts are buying the starlink R.V. system. Very cheap way of getting fast internet in most places in the world. The basic R.V package is 600 bucks for the hardware and 135 bucks a month for Internet. Speeds are around 150 to 220 mbps. We have the " in motion" R.V package. That cost 2.5k us dollars. Its supposed to be better when moving and it picks up more satellites than the standard R.V system. We just slot it into the fishing rod holder on the stern.
Very good system and its better than local data sim card providers. Regards Nick
We are aware this is happening, but it’s most likely going to blocked when out at sea at some point.
I've seen dozens of small boats, mostly sailboats under 20m using the Starlink service for RVs and they rave about it's performance. Even during ocean crossings. The reality is even with 40ms latency it's a game changer for the private yacht owner.
Yup, ours did Canada to Hawaii and the RV unit worked 90% of the time (for now).
@@DorianBanks With the stroke of a key, it could stop working anywhere but the area you paid for service in. Don't rely on it for safety when going outside the area you've contracted for service. They're probably leaving it switched on for you to gather data on how well it works, how much data you use when allowed to, etc. Giving you more service than you paid for, in exchange for you being a guinea pig aka beta tester.
@@EfficientRVer Why TF do you think I wrote “for now”?!?
I was wondering if it worked out there with just the RV plan because they wouldn’t have priority service. But how many people are going to get out there for a week or so on the open ocean when they can fly over. Win win for the boaters. I’d be good with a crossing with decent internet access.
@@DorianBanks what speed did you get out there? And I’m assuming you used the in-motion antenna?
I believe the additional cost of the maritime version is because it must use Starlink v2 satellites since that version can communicate with one another via laser and relay signals until they reach one in range of a ground station which, as you graphics showed, is how the signal reaches a DNS server. The vast majority of Starlink satellites are currently version 1 which have to be within range of a ground station to relay your signal. Easy when they are over or near land. If you take a home terminal far enough out to sea you will find that even though it will see the satellites overhead, the signal cannot reach a ground station. Hopefully the cost will drop once more V2's are up there but since they are so much larger than V1, and therefore fewer can launch on a Falcon 9, it will take Starship making regular flights to fully populate that constellation.
Our RV unit cross in late 2022 from Canada to Hawaii and had service 90% of the time. Also, v1.5 have lasers.
they charge what the market will bear. the actual operating cost to them is not relevant . they have spent a huge fortune so far though putting up satellites so they need the revenue. right now they have no competition either.
V2 satellites have yet to be launched, but version 1.5 satellites already have the laser interconnections, which now support the ability to be far out at sea, and still have the satellites relay the connection to a ground base.
@@5thGenNativeTexan There are actually 218 V2.0 sats in or headed to final orbit with 28 of them in operation.
@@DorianBanks I believe that many outlets erroneously reported version 2.0 starting in late December, while in reality they were a modified version of the existing 1.5. While definitely an improved 1.5, they're not the 2.0 that will eventually go up.
Absolutely fantastic! Thank you eSysman for very informational video.
@eSysman SuperYachts • Excellent report. Even this non-techie could understand it. 😉
Thanks for the work you put into this. The great graphics really helped. So did your "unboxing" video. 👍
That's great news for yachting. All I need now is a yacht or the money to buy a yacht.
Starling at sea is still very much a work in progress. Going from Tahiti to New Zealand in January we had Starlink drop out for most of that trip. Again, going from New Zealand to Australia earlier this month, in the middle of the Tasman Sea coverage was poor. There is no data identifying how many of the satellites currently up in the Starlink system are connected to each other by laser, but we do know that the first generation of satellites were not connected to each other by laser, so to get any coverage had to be within the range of shore stations, about 200 miles. Outside of 200 miles will only get better coverage when the satellites connect with each other.
True, however they've been launching version 1.5 for some time now, and the constellation of version 1.5 (that supports the laser interlinks) is growing literally week by week.
Working in the telecommunication industry this is a excellent video on Starlink and sat comms
It's amazed me how fast the cruise ships have adopted Starlink. From an early adapter, the super yacht sized, Sea Dreams 1 & 2, the the RC mega ships.
What we need is a simple system for yachts in the 40 to 50 foot range that doesn't cost a fortune. Not necessarily for watching movies but getting all the weather data, sending emails etc.
THANKS ESYSMAN …FOR SHARING GOOD NEWS 🎉🎉🎉 and explaining the old technology😊
Another great & informative video, enlightening most of us subscribers & viewers.
I really appreciate all your ( & your team's) efforts.
Living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we have many sailboats, power boats, yachts, & even a few large yachts & superyachts, as well as commercial party & charter boats. Luckily, many of us get out on the water when we can. Your channel gives us a chance to follow some of the superyacht activities in other parts of the world.
Much appreciated.
Thanks for this Maritime update on SL. Please follow up every quarter given the ongoing changes. Next video please talk about coastal cruisers who use RV portability as there are many more 16:57 boaters who want internet but can’t afford $5k a month. You are a trusted expert.
Captain of the grounded bulk carrier MV Wakashio told a Mauritius court that he navigated the ship closer to land to allow his crew members to pick up cell phone service so they could communicate back home. Hope StarLink prevents future such ship losses / stupidities.
I have version two of the starlink at home and it works great. We can have video calls while two TVs are streaming and playing Call of duty without any issues. We also have one of the biggest gaming routers to get the most out of starlink.
This is an excellent, accurate, and thorough description of what Starlink is, how it works, and what it will and could mean to the maritime industry. There are applications for this new capability that haven't even been thought of yet and many known applications that will be made available when it is fully capable. It's far more than just Netflix. Just one that I can imagine is the idea that entire DATA CENTERS could be located at sea, either stationary or moving, with data-centers cooled by cold seawater, and powered by renewable energy, like wind or solar. The "heat footprint" of a data-center at sea might be less than the average cruise ship. Multiple data-centers could be linked by Starlink and could be constantly in sunlight. In some parts of the world, powering and cooling a data-center over it's life-time costs more than the equipment itself. Just ONE potential "revolution."
The only thing I take issue with is that the graphics you used make the DENSITY of satellites in orbit seem much much higher than it actually is. The SHELL of the several orbits of Starlink satellites around the Earth, has a HUGE surface area. Even with 40,000+ Starlinks in those several orbits, the distance between them would be very large. The 'dots' used to represent the satellites are way out of scale. Just my $0.02 worth...
This is a most excellent video! Thank you! It's nice to get this information from someone who understands the tech/concepts rather than just reading a report. The only thing I would question, and you touched upon it when you mentioned durability, is how weather resistant are the antennas? The legacy systems have protective domes, yet Starlink has what appears to be a rather aerodynamic flat antenna. My fear is that during high winds they could be damaged or even torn off.
Thanks again!
I have had my home starlink strapped to the truck for moving internet up to about 90mph on the highway
My understanding of Starlink is what you see is a cover & the receiver is inside, just flat not a dome. I think they are more aerodynamic against the wind than a dome. Time will tell, look at the guarantee period, add 3 days & that is how long they are designed to last.
From a review in PC Magazine: "Musk points out the new dish has been designed to survive winds at over 174 miles per hour. For perspective, a category 5 hurricane can cause wind speeds to reach over 157mph. (Starlink’s other high-performance dish can only withstand winds at over 50mph.)"
@@murda2999 Thanks for the info!
Stick them in a dome.
That was so well researched and explained. Thanks again for another great video. 🌱
In case you do not know, the Starlink system is part of the Alliance communications network, and the others you mentioned are parts of the Cabal communications network. Military included.
Starlink is much more than better satellite internet. Starlink is a huge benefit to humanity, At least, we better hope so. O.O
I have a friend that lives way out away from everything on a 2000-acre ranch, and they have had regular satellite TV and satellite internet for some years and they couldn't stand the internet service because it was so slow that they couldn't watch videos without them buffering every few minutes, and they signed up for Starlink about a year before it started working, and they had to pay like $500 to do so, and they waited for over a year to receive it, but they put it up and they say it works great and that their internet is now really fast. So that's awesome news for yachts, but I bet there are some very unhappy internet providers. lol.
Thank you for this informative video! Interesting and useful to so many.
Excellent presentation! Spot on.
Really great presentation of this topic.
that was really interesting thanks
An excellent and informative video. There is an implication that you are missing. As you are aware the footprint must cover both the user terminal and a ground based system otherwise there would not be that connection to the internet. Now this means with them advertising complete maritime coverage that they now have enough satellite's in orbit equipped with Laser technology so they can pass that signal from satellite to satellite until they can send it down to a land based ground station to "plug" into the Internet.
This was something the original V1 satellite's were supposedly unable to do and did not have the equipment and could only transmit and receive from user terminals and ground stations not other StarLink satellite's.
This also means that they will be able to secure massive DOD contracts and airlines.
A price doesn't need any justification. A vendor offers a service, and potential customers can take it or leave it. The alternatives to Starlink on land are plentiful, and the alternatives at sea are rare and far more expensive. If and when someone else puts up a satelite internet fleet, the prices will fall due to competition.
I love watching the trail of Starlink satellites going overhead at night, when they are visible, along with the ISS - magic at night.
I can't believe I made to Second place.
Very interesting and informative. You are absolutely rocking it with your Channel. Keep up the GREAT Work! 😀
I can’t wait for mine to arrive, just found your channel very well produced vids👍🏻
Another great informative update as usual esysman. Keep up the great work 👍
Extremely fascinating video. Great information on a most interesting subject. Well laid out. Nicely explained for the novice and expert alike. Thank you.
Hey mate love your channel think this one must be one of the best. Thanks jon
It's easy to see how excited you are about this, Excellent! Like buggy whips & cameras that used film, VSat's days are numbered on one hand now! In a few years you'll be able to pick up VSat hardware like rear projection TV's (On the sidewalk with a "Take Me" sign). LOL, it is kinda Exciting when ground breaking Tech makes a "Break Out" , haha. Good stuff ES. Mike.
Truly an interconnected world. The internet never really covered the far off places. It's finally a reality.
Love this video please keep us up to date with more info
I learned so much from this video. Thank you.
Well explained, thank you. Great information.
Thank you for this update👍
Great information 😊. Love your videos
The maritime system is more expensive is due their costs in supporting the offshore satellites because they have additional equipment and the land support system is not entirely in place. Starlink wants the bleeding edge users to fund the ongoing development. Two years ago their target was $1500-1800 for the equipment and roughly the same monthly costs as the RV systems.
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I think the reason they are charging that much for Maritime coverage is 1) because they can and 2) the amount of data traffic they expect to see. Remember that maritime service has to use intersat links to get to a groundstation. That was always the bottle neck, getting that system working. Each one of those terminals is going to be essentially a small town versus a house.
A lot of their earliest satellites can't support the inter-sat links.
To expand.. V1.5 satellites started launching late Jan of 2021. Those are the units that have satellite to satellite communications via lasers.. this allows a satellite to be well out of sight of a land base relay and still communicate by relaying via satellite to satellite jumps between the two end stations (user and land end point). vSat companies are going to be obsolete in a very short period of time. I expect once Star Link hits its next satellite count mark, we will see another major shift in the marketplace. Small boat users of the RV service version of Star link will be required to upgrade to a lower tier data rate version of the current Marine service version (or get blocked to only their registered locations), and multiple fast tiers will be setup based upon user needs.. small boats, commercial ships, Super Yachts, and large passenger Cruise ships.
@@robertkohler4173 yeah, I suspect that the VSAT operators are going to basically fire sale capacity going forward to the cruise and very large operators at much lower prices.
They already paid off their deployment costs years ago. Now they just have to change their model to make more marginal profits versus high profits.
Great overview and explanation. Keep up the great work!
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It's a game changer for those who have 50 to 70ft boats that can't afford a data service. Now I can go much further away from home.
Excellent explanation for the layman, like me!!!
Cant believe I was here 1st. That is a 1st on its own. Looking forward to this.
regards
What a great and well explained video!
Thanks for sharing!
some 0f cruise lines have already started using starlink justed watched one go up i live in port canaveral sometimes two or three a week they also did two in california we still don't have here in the states
Interesting timing.. I just got back from driving across Spain. I used my phone for about 10 minutes on the ferry from UK to Spain… just got a bill for £1,220…
What???
@@YachtReport downloaded a grand total of 200mb… apparently I used satellite Internet without realising.. vodaphone refusing to budge 😫
@@RasputinGandini That’s outrageous. I’ve experienced similar issues with the satellite data usage when I worked on cruise ships.
The installation at 13:37: not sure if the ship decks may cause some blockage, it may be better to mount the antennas higher up. For your question why Starlink needs more satellites. I believe that the main reason is to provide better services over populated areas. Each satellite only has so much data capacity. Thanks for the video.
Got both Starlink and KVH on my boat. Starlink is way faster AND Cheaper... also have a cellular system, but it only works near cell towers! Starlink is the only way to go.
incredible, great content.
Heard about Starlink it but never understood it. Great straight forward video explaining the reasons for it and the pros and cons. Thank you eSysman for this most informative update.
Nice video, you mention in your video that for no apparent reason it cost more for superyacht than for a home. My guess is that in order to cover let say the USA you need an amount of x number of satellites. And this will reach 330M peoples. To cover a small bunch of SuperYachts over the Atlantic/Pacific ocean you need at least 3 times as many satellites for a few hundreds of ships in transit. That is my best guess as why there is cost difference.
Keep up the good work.
Well they don’t technically put up more satellites to cover the ocean because they are constantly moving and they need a tight mesh regardless, but using it over the ocean definitely uses more satellite bandwidth and resources because the signal needs to be relayed to a ground station, and that might require many hops between satellites from the middle of the ocean. This definitely raises the cost of these customers and the fact that they are likely happy to pay a premium helps subsidize the lower price of the home subscribers.
It is all about competition. Starlink cost way less than other satellites for ocean vessels while being better.
Nope. They do not need to add a single extra satellite to cover the oceans as the satellites are in LEO (i.e., orbiting the planet every 90 minutes). Therefore, the cost is simply a function of the demand curve.
@@enigma591 Nope to you, too. You're right about the satellites already covering the oceans, but you're wrong that the cost of doing so isn't higher than on land.
On land at a given moment, one satellite talks to both you and a ground station, no relaying between satellites is needed, every satellite is able to use its full capacity for the users it sees.. In the middle of the ocean, one satellite talks to you, but relaying through a string of satellites is needed to reach a ground station. This requires a bunch of satellites to be involved. Maybe the cost of the relaying isn't too high, especially with it using different tech to relay than to talk to you. But when it reaches a shoreline and relays to a ground station, it basically adds the bandwidth needs of the ocean users to the land users. And last time I checked, a lot of cities are near the ocean, so the satellites and ground stations near the ocean are already pretty busy. So then they probably relay it farther inland, into "flyover territory" before sending the ocean user's data to/from the ground station. Or they relay the coastal city's traffic farther inland, and handle the ocean traffic at the coastal cities, slowing down city latency and pissing off their most numerous and affluent land users.
It absolutely DOES cost them more to provide the same bandwidth over the oceans as over land. Are they additionally taking advantage of supply and demand because other methods available on the ocean are expensive? Of course.
@@EfficientRVer The additional burden placed on the ground station by ships at sea will always be a rounding error. I fail to see how it could possibly change the cost in a measurable way. It could even improve network efficiency as demand may be slightly flatter since peak demand for marine vessels is likely at a different time than land-based users.
Excellent
Message in a bottle:
Pros: Cost of a bottle of cheap wine to the cost of a decent fifth.
Cons: Horrible latency issues. Also possible copyright problems with the Police.
one more Con: May not arrive at desired adress, and if you get a reply its als not guaranteed it will reach you
Great video and explanation. I’ve always wondered about the service.
Are we going to see the large sat domes disappear from the top of yatchs? No moving parts in a starlink antenna, so I'm guessing less maintenance too.
More satellites = more capacity, and this is not only for ships but also for planes, etc.
You would think that the utilization of the satellites over the water would be less expensive to use, due to the lower amount of data being transmitted. I'm not sure how the whole system works, but it just wonder why it costs so much more...
Great topic eSysman ...I found it very interesting .
I have thought about this many times and always wondered if you have ever shown or talked about the SY that you are currently emplyed with .
I know that you probably do not want to tell everyone and there mother what ship you work on so there is no need .
I just wondered if you ever mentioned it ar talked about it .
A simple Yes or No works as i do not want you to give any info on your personal life.
Thanx and keep up with the grweat work of all you do .
Interesting info ~ thank you.
That is a very interesting video, thank you!
There is a very good reason for the price. If you think about the number of users at sea versus land and the cost of putting SATs over the ocean, i.e. the ocean is much bigger than the land for coverage and the user base is much smaller. So to justify putting a sat to cover a spot over the ocean, they need to charge more for the service.
The reason it's more expensive is to cover the increased cost and complexity of the inter-satellite laser links required for when there isn't a land station visible to the satellite you're communicating with. Stationary ground users don't need that functionality. Airplanes will pay similar prices because they will use the laser links. Basically a satellite has to send your data to another satellite and bounce it until it gets to one that can see a ground station.
Thanks. That was great info. Costly still…
Nice Video, with a good explanation of all of the internet options. Out of curiosity with these technologies how much compensation does the antenna mechanism have to do when the ship is listing or rolling?
The Starlink dishes on yachts are static. They have a wider field of view (140 degrees vs 100 for ground antennas) so they “see” more satellites.
Mid ocean Starlink relies on the optical data horizontal B Starlinks. You're talking on several satellites daisy chained. Much vessel usage could bypass satellite and use common shortwave, lowfer, CB radio and aircraft - boat scuttlebutt to find what's needed.
Excellent and very well explained.
You mentioned the cost as not being comparable to land based systems (e.g. cable), saw an interview with Elon Musk where he said the system is not for high density environments. It is not intended to compete with providers in high density environments (e.g. London, NYC, etc.), it IS intended to serve medium to low density environments. I think at sea qualifies as low density.
Always good vids.
Saw loads of Starlink antennas on the Düsseldorf Boatshow as well, mostly the RV edition on yacht from 35ft and longer.
RV edition is around €100/m but still a good deal.
Depends. If they improve the coverage map and the speed doesn't degrade further, maybe.
Right now, I get 5G with better coverage and speed for half the cost.
I have heard, but do not know for sure, that the delay for the marine Starlink system is in developing a relay satellite system since a single satellite doesn't have the range to handle both the uplink and the downlink for each connection as the two become further separated. If true, it would also explain the increased costs of needing a variable number of satellites to carry the signal to the nearest planetside station.
Excellent video.
Amazing. Thank you.
I live off grid on the west coast of Ireland and mobile internet speeds are in K bit's if a super yacht is off the coast here forget internet that's why I got starlink over 18 months ago & will never go back.
Over my head but you bring it down to my level easily! 😉 Fantastic Video.
You see what I did there 😆
With all those satellites I wonder how things might start bumping into each other. I remember saying something like this on Scott Manley's youtube. I believe someone said it was not a problem. I may ask again.
My guess is the price difference is due to the satellite tech. The home satellite would be stationary and need less resistance to natural elements. Assuming a satellite at sea would need better tech to continuously manage a signal and it moves, better materials for salt and weather, and possibly more bandwidth/output because there might be (assuming) more pull on with all the equipment that is currently on and will become available due to this new tech. I can imagine that as this technology grows, the need for certain crew on board would be less important. If starling could potentially send constant signals, there could be a land-based station with engineers that could monitor the ships 'vitals' (could be a subscription business), definitely an opportunity to explore autopilot for majority of the ships journeys, etc.
Considering all that could come, they might have built some future proofing into the satellite to help manage the coming opportunities, this might be why it's expensive(?)
Whatever the reason, really exciting! Getting one for my home. Sure there will be some boaters out there that will try the home version on their boats. My guess is they will be only really work when at anchor.
Biggest PRO of Starlink, When out at sea, speeds will be at the fastest. Less users on those satellites..
Great report on the internet aboard ships,have always wondered about this!I wonder what the current internet providers who charge as much as $90,000 a month ,wow think of this? Writing is on the wall better make your money before most ships drop your high price gouging service when starlink comes fully operational !This service will be much much better ,faster,cheaper as esysman points out!Competition RULES!
so how big is the maritime market for starlink. is it 1000 ships or 100,000 ? i can't really see cargo ships paying 5k/ month for it , unless it provides some other safety aspect .
Starlink Maritime is more expensive for 2 reasons. Firstly, to get coverage in the ocean they need a lot of satellites that then have little use compared to those servicing much more dense populations in the cities and even on sparsely populated land. Secondly, and most importantly, the land based satellite service has more competition that can replace it, so it needs to be priced in competition to the alternatives. As noted, Starlink is already way cheaper than satellite and better performing than cellular and satellite, so they charge what they can.
I would think in the future Starlink will come up with a service for smaller yachts to capture the weekend boaties. Perhaps one that only works a certain distance from the coast.
More starlinks launched this evening Feb 17th
There is also a Starlink Maritime version for small boats, but unfortunately that is only available in the US. In Europe the satellite coverage is present, but the legal basis is not present, so they are not allowed to sell you one. Such a pity, so we opted for the RV version. We will stay within a couple of miles of the coast anyway, so should give no problems. First tests showed 398 Mbs download and 120 Mbs upload, never had that speed before in my whole life.
We also don't need to worry about too many people buying Starlink in the Med. The normal households have a fixed internet or mobile internet and that is far cheaper than Starlink, so we will probably have high speeds for a very long time. 😀
They should consider using an auto stabilising gimble on the antennae. It is easier to maintain a fixed position than force a device to move. It would be the boat or car that is moving not the antennae.
Not sure if anyone answered your question. Satellites currently talk to a base station. The new StarLink use lasers between them, but this means they need a lot of satellites to shunt data between but less base stations.