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by JoachimS 1302 days ago
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.