Speedify Pulls Each Starlink Dish’s Obstruction Map Into One View
The Starlink Obstruction Map in Speedify’s Starlink Control Center renders the sky as your dish sees it, a polar fish-eye view of everything above the antenna. Green is clear sky with a direct line to satellites, red is where the dish has been blocked, and gray is sky Starlink doesn’t have data for yet. When you run more than one dish, Speedify shows their maps side by side.
This article explains how to read the map, what the colors mean, and how to use the map to clear an obstruction or position a second dish.
What the Colors and the Dot Mean in the Starlink Obstruction Map
- Green. Clear sky with an unobstructed line of sight to passing satellites.
- Red. Sky where the dish’s signal has been blocked by a tree, a mast, a roofline, or another structure.
- Gray. Sky the dish hasn’t mapped yet. Give a freshly installed dish several hours to fill this in.
- The dot. Where the dish is currently pointed, so you can see your aim against the obstructions around it.
Starlink covers the same concept from the hardware side in its Obstructions Explained and how to check for obstructions articles.
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Turning a Starlink Red Zone Into a Fix
A clustered red patch in one direction is the signature of a fixed obstruction, usually a tree or building. When the obstruction has a clear directional pattern, Speedify suggests a specific rotation to reduce it, for example, “most of the obstruction is to the south, try rotating the dish 30° north.”
Following that suggestion is faster than guessing. If rotation alone can’t clear it, Starlink’s own fix is to raise or relocate the dish, covered in how to fix obstructions.
Reading Two Starlink Obstruction Maps Side by Side
With two dishes, the side-by-side maps answer one question quickly: are the dishes covering the same sky or different sky? Two maps with red in the same spot mean both dishes are blocked by the same obstacle and you’re carrying redundant coverage. Re-aiming one of them, using Speedify’s Dish Orientation card, spreads the coverage and gives the bonded connection more usable capacity.
Who Benefits from Speedify’s Starlink Obstruction Map
- Anyone troubleshooting dropouts. The map shows the cause of a recurring stutter that throughput numbers alone won’t explain.
- Installers choosing a mounting spot. The map confirms whether a planned location actually has a clear view before the mount goes up.
- Multi-dish operators. Comparing maps reveals overlapping coverage at a glance.
Speedify and Starlink: a Clear View, then a Bonded Connection
The Starlink Obstruction Map in Speedify’s Control Center shows you what’s blocking each Starlink dish and where to point it. Once the dishes see different sky, Speedify’s channel bonding technology combines them into one connection and fails over instantly if one gets blocked again. For dish placement specifics, see Starlink antenna placement with Speedify, or learn more about Speedify’s channel bonding technology.
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