It's a licensing/regulatory issue[1]. SpaceX is working on expanding their licensing[2]: SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday for approval to deploy e

It's a licensing/regulatory issue[1]. SpaceX is working on expanding their licensing[2]: SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday for approval to deploy end-user stations it calls “Earth Stations in Motion,” or ESIMs. The mobile terminals would be mounted on land vehicles, ships, and airplanes, SpaceX said in the filing. The mobile stations are “electrically identical” to the $499 terminals already authorized by the FCC for fixed consumers. The federal regulator previously issued a license for SpaceX to field up to a million end-user Earth stations designed for homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, and other types of customers. The Starlink terminals designed for mobility have “mountings that allow them to be installed on vehicles, vessels, and aircraft,” SpaceX wrote in the filing with the FCC. The terminals will communicate with Starlink satellites visible above an elevation of 25 degrees in the sky. Ref: [1] https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-66A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-20-66A1.pdf "Facilitating the Communications of Earth Stations in Motion with Non-Geostationary Orbit Space Stations" [2] https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/03/08/spacex-eyes-mobile-connectivity-market-on-eve-of-adding-60-more-satellites-to-starlink-fleet/ https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/03/08/spacex-eyes-mobile-con... "SpaceX eyes mobile connectivity market..."