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by rtkwe 315 days ago
The Inmasrsats are also way bigger satellites with correspondingly large antennas and ability to sniff out the weak signals from handsets. Starlink base stations use a lot more power and idle around 15w and go up to 20-50+ while transmitting from what I can find depending on the model. A good portion of that likely comes from things like the heater (is it smart and only powers on when it's cold?) and wifi router too but it's still a lot more than older satellite phone setups.

https://www.ecoflow.com/au/blog/how-much-power-does-starlink...