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Starlink is limited by the FCC to only use one satellite at a time (technically called Nco=1).


no, the antenna is cheap and cannot receive from more than one at a time. nothing to do with fcc.


Yeah, no. Legally, each cell can only be covered by one satellite beam because otherwise it might cause interference [with non-Starlink systems]. Given that the terminal only has one beam hitting it, there's no point in designing the terminal to support multiple beams.


that's not how modern satellites work. there are overlapping frequency bands and polarizations in the same location that do not interfere. there's also tdma to prevent interference.




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