It is essentially science fiction coming true to have a phased array antenna in the GHz range as a consumer device which has a $300 price tag. Twenty years ago you needed to be a major world military to build such a thing and the price tag would be seven digits. That is essentially what electronically steered radar is just at much higher power output.
Most of the time I don't really think about it and it just works but the fact that Starlink dishes exist at all is kinda amazing. Add to it that they are in constant communication to a constellation of thousands of sats overhead is even more surreal.
Supposedly SpaceX has filed for FCC certification on a Starlink mini dish which is about half the size of standard and presumably lower power. I would switch in a heartbeat for my boat even if it has lower speeds because sweet jesus does Starlink suck down the watts.
