The company officially launched the first-generation dish design on Starlink Wednesday night. It’ll soon release the new dishes in the new dish. The news indicates that SpaceX is ready to ship the latest dishes to eager customers still waiting for the satellite internet service to try. In September, the company said its plans were to build a new dish model that would be available for sale this fall. The new dish is now displayed on Starlink’s homepage. (Starlink.com). According to Starlink’s support page, the second-generation dish is slightly smaller than the circular dish used in the first-generation model. It weighs less than 9,2,5 lbs, which is 16 pounds cheaper than a model based on the first generation. The new dish features a three-axis MU-MIMO router, which means it’s capable of sharing the data via three bandwidth streams with three devices simultaneously without having to suffer from network congestion. That is a better version of the 2×2 router from the original Starlink dish. This website is for you. The other improvement is how the dish’s Wi-Fi modem is waterproof now and can use outside in cold or hot conditions, between -22F and 122F. In contrast, the modem on Starlink first-generation dishes is designed to function in a room between 32 and 86 degrees. The Starlink dishes are very waterproof and weighs up to 12 different pounds. A problem with the second-gen dish may be relating to the lack of an Ethernet port, which can be found on the Starlink dish. Instead, the company is selling the dish an Ethernet adaptor via the Starlink store. The Wi-Fi modem for the Starlink new dish. (Starlink.com) On the second generation dish, the power connector is integrated directly on the modem. If you want to connect a Wi-Fi modem or mesh system, SpaceX says it will be best for you to buy the companys official Ethernet adapter from the Starlink Shop. The company’s help page added, Bypass functionality is coming soon. We’re working on a set of Starlink mesh products. SpaceX previously said that it was able to produce only about 5,000 Starlink dishes per week using the first generation design. With the new model, the company expects that it’ll be able to produce multi-functionally up to 5,000 per week, though the ongoing chip shortage is already putting down some customers orders. One thing that isn’t changing now at least is the price. According to Starlink.com, the price of the new dish is still $499. For free, you can pay 99 dollars a month per month.
