Tesla Chairman and CEO Elon Musk will unveil the new ‘Semi’ Electric Truck to customers and journalists on November 16, 2017 in Hawthorne, California, near Los Angeles.
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SpaceX is working on an antenna that connects vehicles such as semi-trucks and RVs to its satellite internet network, CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Monday.
Musk clarified that the antenna will not be for “connecting Tesla cars to Starlink,” saying the user’s “terminal is too large.”
“This is for planes, ships, large trucks & RVn,” Musk said.
Musk was responding to a CNBC statement that SpaceX sought permission from the Federal Communications Commission to begin using an antenna for its Starlink service on “moving vehicles.”
Starlink is the company’s capital-intensive project to build an interconnected Internet network with thousands of satellites, known as the space industry as a real-time star, designed to deliver high-speed internet to users anywhere on the planet.
SpaceX satellite policy director David Goldman wrote in a letter to the FCC on Friday that “the volume of traffic flowing over the world’s networks has exploded,” adding that consumers are no longer willing to connect to avoid while they move. “
“This application would serve the public interest by approving a new class of ground-based components for the SpaceX satellite system that will expand the range of broadband capabilities available to moving vehicles. across the United States and to mobile ships and planes around the world, “Goldman wrote.
The Musk space company last year asked the FCC to allow them to conduct experimental tests on private jets and with its fleet of ships. But Friday’s demand for a “blanket permit” is much broader for work. SpaceX noted that the FCC’s rules do not “require applicants to enter the maximum number of user limits,” so the company did not specify how many railroads it plans to build. .