--- title: "SpaceX Plans to Bring Starlink Internet to Cars, Boats, and Planes" description: "SpaceX asked US regulators for permission to bring Starlink broadband internet to ships, trucks, and planes. Learn more about this service." date: "2021-03-08" modified: "2021-03-17" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-bring-starlink-internet-cars-boats-planes" categories: - "Space" - "SpaceX" tags: - "elon musk" - "SpaceX" - "starlink" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # SpaceX Plans to Bring Starlink Internet to Cars, Boats, and Planes ![SpaceX is asking US regulators for permission to build out its Starlink broadband internet service for cars, trucks, shipping boats, and aircraft.]() *\Image: SpaceX\* ## Starlink Mobile SpaceX is asking US regulators for permission to build out its Starlink broadband internet service for cars, trucks, shipping boats, and aircraft, [*The Verge* reports](). So far, SpaceX has focused its Starlink efforts on providing rural homes with broadband speed internet. Now it wants to go mobile, as detailed in a request filed last Friday with the Federal Communications Commission. SpaceX requested "a blanket license authorizing operation" of Starlink terminals for mobile applications. "No longer are users willing to forego connectivity while on the move, whether driving a truck across the country, moving a freighter from Europe to a U.S. port, or while on a domestic or international flight," the filing reads. ## Tesla Starlink So far, the Elon Musk-led company has launched over 1,000 broadband-beaming satellites into space. More than 10,000 users have already signed up for a beta program that kicked off in late 2020. The service comes with a 19-inch dish as part of a $499 kit that has to be bought in addition to a monthly fee of $99. It's not a shocking development. During a [January 2020 Tesla earnings call](), Musk said that Teslas could get their own terminals, "certainly something that could happen in coming years." **READ MORE:** [SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into cars, boats, and aircraft]() \[*The Verge*\] **More on Starlink:** *[SpaceX Rocket Crashes Into Ocean When Landing Fails]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()