It will stay until it gets taken down. Our guess is someone from the Forest Service is going to remove it. It’s on a marker for the Appalachian Trail at the top of a mountain. No permission was given. We’re just did it to establish communications in an area extremely lacking in communications right now.

Meshtastic works over radio waves. The Starlink was there for:

1. Alternate means of comms in an area with little to no cell coverage.

2. Test its capabilities while moving on foot.