A battery-powered Starlink Mini is likely on the way

This, but nary cable. | Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge

Code successful caller Starlink firmware suggests that SpaceX mightiness soon merchandise a mentation of its smallest net crockery with an integrated battery. A battery-powered Starlink Mini would connection untethered portability for vanlifers, exigency responders, and anyone who wants fast, low-latency net from astir anyplace connected the planet.

University researcher Jinwei Zhao spotted a fig of strings hinting astatine the integrated artillery successful a May firmware release, according to PCMag. The "message DishBatteryStats" enactment suggests codification designed to instrumentality circumstantial fields from an integrated battery, including the existent state_of_charge. If the crockery were simply …

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