Starlink Mini coming late 2024

[Neal]

This may be the answer to airplane camping as well as other uses such as backpacking, hiking, and more. It seems this new device about 12 inches in length can be powered by USB C so something like a Jackery many have, including self, will give you Internet in remote locations. Good for checking weather, flight planning, and more when out of cellular range.

 

[ve6yeq]

From the leaked documentation, it appears that it is very much a static location device and probably not suitable for in motion use. Definitely very useful for trip planning and general back county use but it appears that we will have to wait for a next generation of in flight Sirius XM Weather, over the horizon ADS-B, etc…

 

[Neal]

Personally I don’t intend to use it inflight. Just for camping use etc.