Starlink — Satellite Wireless Transfer Mod

A Minecraft Forge 1.20.1 mod that adds a fully functional satellite network to your world. Launch rockets, deploy satellites into orbit, and use their bandwidth for long-range wireless transfer of energy, fluids, and items — all without cables.

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Features

Satellites & Orbit

• 5 satellite types, each specialised for a different purpose:

  Type	Energy	Fluid	Item	Lifetime
  Basic	×1.0	×1.0	×1.0	~5 MC days
  Energy	×4.0	×0.5	×0.5	~3 MC days
  Fluid	×0.5	×4.0	×0.5	~4 MC days
  Item	×0.5	×0.5	×4.0	~4 MC days
  Advanced	×3.0	×3.0	×3.0	~7 MC days

• Satellites have a limited lifetime — after it expires the satellite crashes and is removed, with a server-wide notification.

• A custom Orbit dimension lets you fly up and see your satellites as physical entities in space.

• Orbit Glasses and Receiver Glasses give you a HUD overlay showing all active satellites.

Wireless Transfer Blocks

Eight tiers of transmitter/receiver pairs for three transfer types:

Type	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8
Energy (RF/t)	64/sat	256/sat	1 024/sat	4 096/sat	16 384/sat	65 536/sat	262 144/sat	∞*
Fluid (mB/t)	100/sat	400/sat	1 600/sat	6 400/sat	25 600/sat	102 400/sat	409 600/sat	∞*
Items (items/s)	1/sat	4/sat	16/sat	64/sat	256/sat	1 024/sat	4 096/sat	∞*

T8 achieves unlimited bandwidth when 20 or more satellites are overhead.

• Channel system — set a channel name on TX and RX to keep transfers private. Empty channel = public.
• Link Tool — right-click a transmitter, then right-click a receiver to link them.

Resources & Machines

• Petroleum Shale Ore — mine for Raw Rocket Fuel (Fortune supported).
• Distillation Chamber — refines Raw Rocket Fuel into usable Rocket Fuel.
• Satellite Workbench — crafts all 5 satellite types.
• Rocket Workbench — assembles the rocket and manages the launch sequence.
• Launch Pad + Launch Controller V2 — positions and fires the rocket.

Integrations

• CC:Tweaked (optional) — place a Satellite Interface block next to a computer cable to expose satellite data via peripheral API:

  local iface = peripheral.find("starlink_satellite_interface")
  print(iface.getSatelliteCount())       -- total satellites overhead
  print(iface.getEnergySatelliteCount()) -- weighted count for RF
  print(iface.hasCoverage())             -- true/false

• Mekanism (optional) — energy transmitters and receivers also accept and output Mekanism Joules in addition to standard Forge RF.

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Getting Started

1. Find or smelt resources — mine Petroleum Shale for rocket fuel, Titanium Ore for titanium ingots, and craft steel ingots from iron.
2. Build the rocket — use the Rocket Workbench to assemble a rocket, then fill it with Rocket Fuel via the Distillation Chamber.
3. Craft satellites — use the Satellite Workbench. Choose the type based on what you want to transfer wirelessly.
4. Launch — place the Launch Pad and Launch Controller, load the rocket with satellites, and fire.
5. Place wireless blocks — craft a matching tier of Transmitter and Receiver, link them with the Link Tool, and connect them to your storage/machines.
6. Watch the sky — put on the Orbit Glasses to see your satellites passing overhead in real time.

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Satellite Recipes (Satellite Workbench)

Satellite	Pattern	Key materials
Basic	SPS / TCT / SPS	Steel, Solar Panel, Titanium, Circuit Board
Energy	GRG / RCR / GRG	Gold, Redstone, Circuit Board
Fluid	SCS / CTC / SCS	Steel, Copper, Titanium
Item	SHS / HCH / SHS	Steel, Hopper, Circuit Board
Advanced	DPD / TCT / DPD	Diamond, Solar Panel, Titanium, Circuit Board

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Wireless Block Recipes (Crafting Table)

All 48 wireless blocks follow the same pattern in a standard crafting table.

Transmitter: A / MCM / MMM Receiver: MMM / MCM / A

Where M = tier material, C = Circuit Board, A = type material:

Tier	M	Energy A	Fluid A	Item A
T1	Iron Ingot	Redstone	Lapis Lazuli	Hopper
T2	Copper Ingot	Redstone	Lapis Lazuli	Hopper
T3	Gold Ingot	Redstone	Lapis Lazuli	Hopper
T4	Steel Ingot	Glowstone Dust	Prismarine Shard	Ender Pearl
T5	Titanium Ingot	Glowstone Dust	Prismarine Shard	Ender Pearl
T6	Diamond	Glowstone Dust	Prismarine Shard	Ender Pearl
T7	Emerald	Blaze Rod	Nautilus Shell	Eye of Ender
T8	Netherite Ingot	Blaze Rod	Nautilus Shell	Eye of Ender

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Requirements

Dependency	Version	Required
Minecraft	1.20.1	✅
Minecraft Forge	47.2.32+	✅
Mekanism	10.4.6+	❌ Optional
CC:Tweaked	1.108.4+	❌ Optional

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For Mod Developers — API

Starlink exposes a public API so other mods can read satellite data or register their own wireless transmitter/receiver blocks.

See src/main/java/de/weinschenk/starlink/api/README.md for the full API documentation.

Quick example:

// Query satellite coverage at any server-side position
int sats = StarlinkAPI.getSatelliteCount(level, pos);

// Expose your block as a Starlink wireless endpoint
if (cap == IStarlinkEndpoint.CAPABILITY) return myEndpoint.cast();

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Building from Source

git clone https://github.com/Suyuimo/Starlink.git
cd starlink
./gradlew build

The compiled jar is placed in build/libs/.

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License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

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Made by Sven Weinschenk