SpaceX昨日正式公开新型缩小版的Starlink Mini天线,定价为599美元。
BREAKING: SpaceX has officially started selling Starlink Mini.
Early Starlink customers are being invited to purchase the Starlink Mini Kit for $599 and bundle the Mini Roam service with their existing Residential service plan for an additional $30/month (The kit price will drop…pic.twitter.com/anYVaxahGO
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)June 20, 2024
Smaller Starlink Mini antenna surface means fewer elements, so it's less expensive to make.
Starlink Mini “about half the price of the standard dish."
Trade-off: 100Mbps download rate and an 11.5Mbps upload.
23 milliseconds latency since that shouldn't change.
Built in Wi-Fi.pic.twitter.com/PZHcWSb3LK
— Tren Griffin (@trengriffin)June 17, 2024
SpaceX的新版Starlink Mini尺寸和重量更小,可让用户轻松放在背包里带着走,机动性比起标准版更高,不过目前首批天线定价也比标准版高了100美元。
除此之外,搭配Mini的上网方案为每月150美元,比起家用标准版的120美元也提高不少,每个月流量上限为50 GB,若超过流量的话,每多1GB就会加收1美元。
Starlink Mini版天线长约30厘米、宽25.4厘米、高3.81厘米、重1公斤,比起标准版天线的50厘米、30厘米、61厘米、4.2公斤来说,减少许多重量和体积。
不过SpaceX尚未公布Starlink Mini天线何时上市,仅表明公司全力量产,且上市时间不远,马斯克也通过个人X账号表示这款产品将“改变世界”。
(首图来源:Sawyer Merritt)