Elon Musk says Starlink should be ‘fully mobile’ by 2021 so customers can use it at any address or in moving vehicles.

Elon Musk says Starlink should be ‘fully mobile’ by 2021 so customers can use it at any address or in moving vehicles.

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  • Elon Musk said SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service should be ‘fully mobile’ this year.
  • This allows Starlink customers to use it at different addresses and in moving vehicles.
  • Musk also said Friday that Starlink could leave its beta as early as this summer.
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Elon Musk Said Friday that SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, should be ‘fully mobile’ by the end of the year, meaning customers can use it in moving vehicles or at different addresses.

Musk also tweeted that Starlink ‘is likely’ to release its beta this summer. ‘ More than 10,000 people have signed up for Starlink since its “Better Than Nothing Beta” was released in October 2020.

During beta, customers can not move their hardware from address to address – they can only use it where they have registered it.

In March, Musk made a request to the Federal Communications Commission for Starlink to go mobile, enabling customers to operate the Internet service in ships, aircraft, RVs and trucks – but not Tesla cars, which are not big enough is to transport. the Starlink terminal.

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David Goldman, director of satellite policy at SpaceX, said in the request that the expansion “will serve the public interest” and that “operators and passengers will have access to services that enable increased productivity.”

Musk also tweeted Friday that Starlink’s “service uptime, bandwidth and latency are improving rapidly.” In February, Musk promised that Starlink’s Internet speed would double and the delay would decrease by the end of 2021. Insider reported earlier that subscribers to Starlink are getting faster internet than SpaceX said they would expect.

Even in icy temperatures, strong winds and snow, Starlink hit a speed of 175 Mbps, users told Insider.

SpaceX has already launched 1,300 Starlink satellites into orbit and eventually wants 42,000 to orbit the earth.

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