Space.com's [SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals arrive in Ukraine](https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-terminals-arrive-ukraine-elon-musk-russia), The Verge's [Elon Musk’s promised Starlink terminals have reached Ukraine](https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22955339/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-ukraine-user-terminals-russia-invasion) and Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine's [tweet](https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1498392515262746630):

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explain that requested Starlink coverage and terminals have been made available in Ukraine during a period of highly active warfare involving nations and equipment of advanced war fighting technology. These might include satellite, aircraft (fighters, bombers, UAVs) and ground equipment.

**Question:** How to reduce/mitigate the degree to which a Starlink terminal user in a war zone is giving their position in real time?

*For example*, does simply turning the thing on immediately identify your location as a Starlink user by radio transmissions? Do you have to start using it for data before that happens? Can its radiated signals be readily picked up from any direction?

What might be measures that a Starlink ground station could use to reduce or mitigate some of these risks?

*For example*, can you use it in "burst mode" i.e. on for a few seconds every few minutes to make some kinds of tracking or homing more difficult? Put it in a hole in the ground lined with chicken wire to reduce low elevation radiation?