{"id":560022,"date":"2026-07-21T02:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T02:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:41:14","slug":"leaked-starlink-mini-2-details-show-built-in-battery-but-slower-uploads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/560022\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Starlink Mini 2 details show built-in battery but slower uploads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"The<\/p>\n

\u24d8 SpaceX<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Starlink Mini<\/p>\n

A recent hardware leak by Oleg Kutkov indicates that SpaceX is developing the Starlink Mini 2, a compact satellite terminal featuring a built-in lithium battery and USB-C charging. To manage the new internal power budget, the device will reportedly lower its transmit duty cycle, which will likely reduce sustained uplink performance.<\/p>\n

Just days after SpaceX quietly unveiled the new Starlink V5 dish<\/a>, another interesting development has surfaced. This time, it\u2019s the Starlink Mini 2. According to fresh information shared by well-known Starlink hardware leaker Oleg Kutkov<\/a>, SpaceX is actively developing a new Mini terminal under the hardware revision mini2_prod1. <\/p>\n

The leaked hardware details show that the Starlink Mini 2 is becoming slightly more compact than its predecessor. The internal antenna panel has shrunk from 236 \u00d7 276 mm on the original Mini to 225 \u00d7 273 mm on the new model. The antenna itself has also been redesigned. <\/p>\n

Compared to the original Starlink Mini<\/a>, which packs 571 antenna elements, the Mini 2 uses 549 elements, suggesting SpaceX has optimized the phased-array layout rather than simply shrinking existing hardware. The leak also shows that the device retains GPS support and is explicitly configured for in-motion use, meaning it should continue serving travellers, campers, boats and vehicles just like today\u2019s Starlink Mini. <\/p>\n

Interestingly, the terminal still uses the same Catapult SoC found in the original model.<\/p>\n

\tLeaked details of the Starlink Mini 2 dish.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the biggest upgrade is that the Mini 2 will reportedly have a built-in battery. The leak reveals that the Starlink Mini 2 includes a built-in 4-cell (4S) lithium battery managed by a BQ40Z-series battery management system (BMS). Battery capacity hasn\u2019t been revealed yet, but charging will happen through USB-C Power Delivery, supporting an input voltage between 11V and 24V. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s a huge departure from the current Mini, but the battery doesn\u2019t come without trade-offs. According to the leak, the new terminal operates with a lower average EIRP (Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power) of 27.4 dBW, down slightly from 27.57 dBW on the original Mini. More significantly, its transmit duty cycle has reportedly dropped from 75% to just 11%. That reduction will likely translate into lower uplink performance, particularly during sustained uploads. <\/p>\n

The leaker believes this is probably a consequence of SpaceX trying to stay within the device\u2019s new power budget. In other words, if you\u2019re running the dish from an internal battery, conserving energy becomes far more important than squeezing out every last megabit of upload speed. <\/p>\n

SpaceX<\/a> also appears to have increased several thermal limits. The Starlink Mini 2 reportedly raises the MAC thermal throttling thresholds to 95\u00b0C and 99\u00b0C, compared to 79\u00b0C and 83\u00b0C on the first-generation Mini. Meanwhile, battery thermal shutdown is configured at 80\u00b0C. These changes suggest the company expects the terminal to operate under more demanding conditions while still maintaining stable performance.<\/p>\n

\t\"Antony<\/a>Antony Muchiri<\/a> – Tech Writer – 217 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2025<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been obsessed with tech for as long as I can remember, so much so that I\u2019ve become the unofficial “tech support” for my entire family. Whether it\u2019s fixing gadgets, explaining specs, or recommending the best buys, I love breaking down tech for everyday people. That passion led me to writing about tech. When I\u2019m not testing gadgets or writing reviews, you\u2019ll probably find me hiking or doom-scrolling car listings (still hunting for my first ride, wish me luck, lol).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d8 SpaceX The Starlink Mini A recent hardware leak by Oleg Kutkov indicates that SpaceX is developing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[569,236715,570,61,60,562,568,561,236714,571,567,563,564,11671,82,247,236713,236712,566,565,236716],"class_list":["post-560022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-benchmarks","tag-built-in-battery-terminal","tag-graphics-card","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-laptop","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-oleg-kutkov","tag-processor","tag-reports","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-satellite-internet","tag-science","tag-space","tag-spacex-hardware-leak","tag-starlink-mini-2","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-usb-c-power-delivery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}