Starlink Monitoring Guides
Practical guides to monitoring your Starlink on desktop: obstruction, latency, drop rate, power, and more, read straight from your own dish.
How to Monitor Your Starlink: The Complete Guide
A complete guide to monitoring your Starlink connection: what the official app hides, which metrics matter, and how to track obstruction, latency, drop rate, and power in real time on desktop.
Read guideWhat's a Good Starlink Ping? How to Read Latency
What counts as a good Starlink ping, and why does it vary? Here's what typical Starlink latency looks like, why spikes matter more than the average, and how to tell a real problem from normal behaviour.
Read guideWhy Your Starlink Dish Repositions Itself
Some Starlink dishes physically re-aim themselves, sometimes around a firmware update, with no warning and often no performance impact. Here's why it happens, why it's usually harmless, and the simple fix.
Read guideIs There a Starlink App for Linux?
SpaceX makes no Starlink app for Linux. Here is how to monitor your Starlink on Ubuntu and other distros with a native desktop app that reads your dish's live telemetry over the local network.
Read guideIs There a Starlink App for Mac?
SpaceX makes no Starlink app for Mac. Here is how to monitor your Starlink on macOS with a native Apple Silicon and Intel app that reads your dish's live telemetry over the local network.
Read guideIs There a Starlink App for Windows?
SpaceX makes no Starlink app for Windows. Here is how to monitor your Starlink on Windows 11 with a native, signed desktop app that reads your dish's live telemetry over the local network.
Read guideStarlink Removed Dish GPS: How to Get It Back
In May 2026 Starlink removed dish GPS from the local API, then restored it for Priority plans only. If your monitoring, RV, boat, or Home Assistant setup relied on it, here's what changed and how to restore location.
Read guideA Friendlier Alternative to starlink-grpc-tools
starlink-grpc-tools is powerful but it's a build-it-yourself project. If you want the same local Starlink telemetry without assembling gRPC, a database, and Grafana, here are your options.
Read guideWhy Does My Starlink Keep Dropping?
Brief Starlink dropouts are usually normal. Frequent or persistent drops point to obstruction, hardware or power, weather, overheating, or congestion. Here's how to tell which, and what to do.
Read guideStarlink Obstruction: What It Means and How to Fix It
Seeing obstruction warnings or brief Starlink dropouts? Here's what the obstruction percentage and sky map actually mean, and a practical order of fixes from easiest to hardest.
Read guideHow Much Power Does Starlink Use?
Starlink power draw varies with activity and dish model, and the spec-sheet maximum isn't your real average. Here's what to expect, why it matters for off-grid and marine setups, and how to measure your own.
Read guideWhich Starlink Satellite Are You Connected To?
Can you tell which Starlink satellite your dish is using right now? Not exactly, but you can make a solid geometric estimate. Here's what's possible, what isn't, and how to work it out.
Read guideSee what your Starlink sees
Download Nexus Telemetry and get your first reading in under a minute. No account needed, no setup required.
Also available for Linux · Requires macOS 12+, Windows 11, or Ubuntu 22.04+