The Starlink dish – see the image above, which was also unearthed from the Starlink support page – SpaceX will send it to testers as part of a kit needs a view of the Northern Sky in order to communicate with those satellites. That kit also includes a router, which has already obtained FCC approval, and a bracket. SpaceX cautions that the connection will likely be intermittent at first as their team works to optimize the network and that testers will not be able to share their experience with the public. Assessors will also not have to pay anything to be part of the program and will only be charged $ 1 to help test the billing system.
SpaceX has been sending Starlink satellites into orbit in batches since 2019. It expects to send up to 42,000 satellites into orbit by the time it is done to provide Internet access even in the most remote areas of the planet. By 2020, in particular, it is planning up to two dozen Starlink launches that will add more than 1,500 satellites to its current constellation.