[ragebol]

But then again: IIRC, Starlink is much more focused so power per unit square might be equivalent perhaps? It needs to get to space with a good enough SNR.

The phasing of the array might also amplify the harmful effect, I'd say. But I'm very much not an RF engineer.

[JoachimS]

The starlink antenna is not very complicated and way less focused than what a modern 4G, LTE, 5G antenna use.

As an example, the latest antennas from Ericsson supports 2000 elements, which allow very narrow beamforming and target tracking (that is phase controlled movement of main beam to track individual phones).

https://www.ericsson.com/en/blog/2015/3/massive-beamforming-...

The starlink antenna is basically a parabolic antenna that tracks the target using motors to change the angle.