With Starlink internet, data is continuously being sent between a ground dish and a Starlink satellite orbiting 550km above. Furthermore, the Starlink satellite zooms across the sky at 27,000km/hr! How can the dish and satellite maintain a continuous connection? And then how is data sent back and forth? Well, in this video we're going to dive into the inner workings for the ground dish and Starlink satellites, and see how a beam of data is formed, how this beam is swept across the sky, and then finally what exactly is in that beam that allows for incredibly fast internet! This is an incredible feat of technology and engineering, so stick around!

Table of Contents: 00:00 - Intro to Starlink 01:00 - Overview of Exploring Starlink 01:46 - Difference between Starlink and Broadcast Satellites 03:28 - Parts Inside a Dishy McFlatface 05:06 - How does an Aperture Couple Patch Antenna Work? 09:13 - Electromagnetic Wave Emission 12:45 - Forming a Beam that Reaches Space: Beamforming 15:22 - Brilliant 16:52 - Steering a Beam to Sweep Across the Sky 18:54 - Starlink: Phase Array Beam Steering 21:11 - Notes on Phased Array Beam Steering 22:24 - Sending Data in a Beam to the Starlink Satellite 23:27 - Innerworkings of 64QAM 26:02 - Actual Size of Starlink Dishy & EM Waves 26:55 - Images from the Starlink Patent 27:49 - Outro

Erratum: At 2m50s, the orbits are inaccurate. The TV satellite should be in geostationary orbit moving in the same direction as the Earth. Furthermore, all the Starlink satellites should be orbiting West to East. Credit to Paul S.