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By now everyone heard of Starlink the Internet Service Provider from space. Ever wonder what is at the other end after all you cant run a fiber into space. Around the world SpaceX has downlink Earth station that take the signal from the satellites and puts them onto the Internet backbone. On a resent trip to Erie on the way home I took the sceinic way home near the town of Greenville, PA SpaceX has a Starlink Earthstation.
In the fence in area in the back are 8 small satellite dishes that talk with the Startlink satellite as the pass over head. On the truck bed you can see some spares waiting to be install. The google map photo below give you an aerial view of the dishes. This is just one of hundreds around the country and the world. Most are out in the middle of no where the only thing the Earth station needs is an Internet Backbone close by. Click the link below to see where the satellites and Earth station are currently at.
