{"id":23066,"date":"2020-12-09T01:14:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/teardown-of-starlink-user-terminal-gives-a-detailed-look-at-complex-internals\/"},"modified":"2020-12-09T01:14:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:14:55","slug":"teardown-of-starlink-user-terminal-gives-a-detailed-look-at-complex-internals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/teardown-of-starlink-user-terminal-gives-a-detailed-look-at-complex-internals\/","title":{"rendered":"Teardown of Starlink user terminal gives a detailed look at complex internals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recently it was revealed that Starlink user terminals were costing SpaceX much more to manufacture than what they were selling for. So naturally, people have been curious about what the expensive internals of the device consists of. That\u2019s precisely what an engineer by the name of Ken Keiter set out to discover.<\/p>\n

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Keiter had been accepted into the Starlink beta and received his very own user terminal. Before even testing its intended purpose, he decided to give it the teardown treatment while filming the whole process.<\/p>\n

The first thing that Keiter did was pull off the rounded back panel that revealed the dish\u2019s motor assembly along with a few wires. Upon closer inspection, the motor assembly had a rather robust design that Keiter says \u201cspeaks to the intended longevity of the overall system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another interesting discovery was the specially designed Ethernet cable, which Keiter says can handle the delivery of up to 100 watts. For comparison, a standard Ethernet cable would only be capable of delivering 30 watts. The cable was also very well insulated.<\/p>\n

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