As for actual speed in 2024, Starling’s Website “Users typically experience download speeds of 25 to 220Mbps, with most users experiencing speeds in excess of 100Mbps. Upload speeds typically range from 5 to 20Mbps. Latency ranges from 25 to 60 ms on land and 100+ ms in some remote locations.”
Changing satellite elevation angles
Another request to improve network performance is changing the elevation angles of the satellites, SpaceX said. “SpaceX is seeking to reduce its minimum elevation angle from 25 degrees to 20 degrees for satellites operating between 400 and 500 km altitude,” SpaceX told the FCC. “Reducing the minimum elevation angle in this way will improve customer connectivity by allowing satellites to connect directly to more earth stations and maintain connections with earth stations for longer periods of time while flying overhead.”
Meanwhile, SpaceX said upgrades to Starlink’s Gen2 satellites will have “higher gain and advanced hardware that uses advanced beamforming and digital processing technologies and will provide more targeted and robust coverage to US consumers.”
SpaceX seeks more flexible use of spectrum licenses to support its planned mobile service and existing home Internet service. “U.S. or International Schedule of Frequency Allocations requested permission to use the Ka-, V-, and E-band frequencies for mobile or fixed-satellite use cases where the antenna parameters are indistinguishable. .”
“These minor changes, combined with the Commission’s precedent, do not involve any changes to the technical parameters of SpaceX’s authorization, but will allow for significant additional flexibility to meet the diverse connectivity and capacity needs of consumer, enterprise, industrial and government users.” The application said.
