Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds

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AIUI, Starlink uses phased-array tech for communication with the satellites. That means the antennas are going to be flat rather than a parabolic dish. The satellites are in low earth orbit, so they’ll be moving across the sky, not in a fixed southern direction. The phased-array tracks the satellite without moving parts.

Yeah, when you initially set it up it goes from its ‘stowed’ position to an upright position. Mine points a little bit north of straight up.