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Starlink ground station in Poland hit by fire in suspected arson attack

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  1. yanis_t · · focus · HN ↗
    For anyone interested, there’s another part of the Starlink besides the satellites and your dish - ground stations (gateways) [].

    These are the large clusters of antennas that communicate with the satellites and connect the Starlink network to the Internet on Earth. Looks like one of these was set on fire.

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;starlink.com&#x2F;support&#x2F;article&#x2F;45d1d256-171e-0f67-4895-5d248fa63b66" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;starlink.com&#x2F;support&#x2F;article&#x2F;45d1d256-171e-0f67-4895...

    1. bauruine · · focus · HN ↗
      Those arent&#x27;t ground stations these are datacenters where Starlink has a pressence for peering with other ISPs.

      The ground stations look like this. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.srf.ch&#x2F;static&#x2F;cms&#x2F;images&#x2F;1280w&#x2F;o-dpr-2&#x2F;2aa021.webp" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.srf.ch&#x2F;static&#x2F;cms&#x2F;images&#x2F;1280w&#x2F;o-dpr-2&#x2F;2aa021.we...

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