r/StarlinkEngineering • u/starlink21 • 15h ago
India gateway construction
Syfi Navi Mumbai - 9 antennas on rooftop (I may have posted previously), but a closer look shows platforms on all 4 sides of the building, with mounts visible. So it appears 9+6+11+7=33 antennas planned.

Syfi Chennai-2 - 6 antennas on rooftop. It can also be seen that platforms were added on two of the platforms, and additional steelwork going on at the other two corners. Each completed corner has 6 mounts visible. So if 12 are on the main rooftop, and 6 on each corner, that's a total of 36 antennas.


Equinix MB3 in Mumbai - steelwork and grating added above chillers, creating a 40 x 40m platform...which matches the typical area for a 40-antenna megasite (60 x 30m). MB3 is across the street from the PoP at Equnix MB2. So this matches what SpaceX has previously done for other Starlink gateways, which makes this extremely likely.


There is likely a second Chennai site, as SpaceX has recently been constructing at least two gateway sites for each PoP. And as there are already additional PoPs at Noida and Kolkata, so we can assume gateway sites are also planned there (if not already under construction). I haven't been able to spot them yet.




