Tag: Project Kuiper
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Amazon Internet Service Taps SpaceX to Help With Satellite Launch
Amazon on Friday said it signed a deal to use Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets to help launch satellites for its Project Kuiper internet initiative. The contract calls for three of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches to carry Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellites, which are necessary to beam down internet connectivity. Amazon had already purchased 77 rockets launches…
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Amazon Says its New Satellite Internet Service Will Run Faster and More Securely Thanks to This Partnership
Amazon on Tuesday said its Project Kuiper satellite-based internet service will get a big helping hand from its Amazon Web Services division, enabling the service to run faster and more securely. Amazon Web Services, or AWS, powers websites and cloud services around the world, and is quietly the most profitable part of the retail giant.…
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Amazon’s Internet Service Will Send Its First Satellite Up Soon. Here’s How to Watch the Launch
Amazon’s Kuiper internet service will lift off later today. The online retailer’s first test satellite will hitch a ride aboard the Atlas V rocket and takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Interested in watching the feed of the launch? You can catch it on United Launch Alliance’s YouTube site here. United Launch Alliance…
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Amazon’s New Home Internet Service Will Also Power 5G Networks
British mobile operator Vodafone wants to expand its 4G and 5G coverage with the help of Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellite constellation, Project Kuiper. Vodafone wants to use Project Kuiper’s high-bandwidth, low-latency network to improve connectivity services in Africa and Europe, two areas where the company has high concentrations of customers. In addition, the partnership would…
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Amazon Prepares to Kick Off Satellite Internet Project with Atlas V Launch
Amazon is another step closer to launching its satellite internet service, Project Kuiper. Amazon announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to use nine Atlas V vehicles for satellite deployment. “We’re determined to make affordable broadband a reality for customers and communities around the world,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon…
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Amazon Gets One Step Closer to Launching Satellite Internet Service
Amazon announced this week that it has reached another milestone in working toward providing a fast, affordable broadband internet service to rival SpaceX’s Starlink. The newest update from the company is that Project Kuiper has developed a small, low-cost customer terminal that will allow customers to connect to Amazon’s satellites. This key piece of the…
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SpaceX Competitor OneWeb Approved for 1,280 Broadband Satellites
The FCC has granted OneWeb permission to launch an additional 1,280 satellites in addition to the 720 satellites that have already been approved for the company’s broadband service. OneWeb filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, citing the “financial impact and market turbulence related to the spread of COVID-19” as the reason behind a lack of…
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SpaceX Plans to Bring Internet to 5 Million US Households
SpaceX has requested permission from the FCC to increase the number of terminals it will deploy to 5 million. Originally, SpaceX was granted a license from the FCC for 1 million terminals in March. “SpaceX Services requests this increase in authorized units due to the extraordinary demand for access to the Starlink non-geostationary orbit satellite…
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Amazon is Approved for $10 Billion Satellite Internet Project to Rival SpaceX
Amazon has gotten approval from the FCC to create a satellite internet network that would be a competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink service. Marketwatch reported on documents released Thursday, showing Amazon’s request to build a network of over 3,200 satellites, called Project Kuiper. The goal of the project, Amazon has said, is to research areas that…