Starlink V5 Shrinks Like Mini — But You Can't Buy It

Starlink V5 is half the weight of V4, but SpaceX is keeping the tiny dish residential and rental-only.

Key takeaways

• SpaceX made the new Starlink V5 Standard Kit look almost portable, then kept it firmly in the residential lane.
• That is the tension in the new hardware release: the V5 dish is far smaller, far lighter, and much more efficient than the outgoing V4 Standard Kit, but it is ...
• Starlink shrank the Standard dish, but not the product category
• The expectation was simple: if SpaceX makes a residential Starlink dish close to Mini size, the line between home broadband and portable satellite internet starts to c...

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