Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites to provide broadband access around the world
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon plans to launch 3,236 satellites to provide broadband access around the world

India Today  

Amazon is joining the space-race to provide internet accross the globe. The Seattle-headquartered tech company is planning to launch a network of 3,236 satellites in the lower Earth orbit in an ambitious attempt to provide broadband access to people around the globe. According to a GeekWire report, last month, Kuiper Systems LLC made three sets of filings with the International Telecommunications Union, the agency that oversees telecom satellite operations globally and would eventually authorise Amazon to launch its satellite network consisting of over 3,000 satellites in the LEO to offer satellite broadband across the globe. An Amazon spokesperson confirming the company's Project Kuiper said that the project aimed to provide internet connectivity to "unserved and underserved communities" around the world. "Project Kuiper is a new initiative to launch a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world," an Amazon spokesperson said a statement to the publication.

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Amazon reveals UK satellite internet plan
2 days, 16 hours ago

Amazon reveals UK satellite internet plan

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amazon has revealed plans to provide high-speed broadband and mobile phone signal through …

Elon Musk’s monopoly on space is alarming internet advocates and astronomers
4 months ago

Elon Musk’s monopoly on space is alarming internet advocates and astronomers

The Independent  

On Thursday morning, a reusable rocket on its 15th flight lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a mission that has become so routine that only local news outlets bothered to cover the event. Shortly after the Falcon 9 rocket touched back down, SpaceX boss Elon Musk posted to his social media platform X: “Starlink now constitutes roughly two-thirds of all …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Ready To Bring Satellite Internet To Regular Phones In 2024: What It Means
1 year, 2 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Ready To Bring Satellite Internet To Regular Phones In 2024: What It Means

News 18  

SpaceX will have its satellite to phone internet service available to consumers by next year. SpaceX has been offering satellite internet service with plans already in place to offer 2 Mbps LTE internet speeds on mobile by 2025. The reason to delay the high-speed LTE service to 2025 is because SpaceX needs bigger satellites that will be launched with the …

Musk Vs Bezos: Amazon takes on Starlink, launches Project Kuiper to beam high-speed internet to Earth
1 year, 3 months ago

Musk Vs Bezos: Amazon takes on Starlink, launches Project Kuiper to beam high-speed internet to Earth

Firstpost  

Amazon has launched Project Kuiper and will take on Elon Musk’s Starlink, to beam high-speed internet to Earth. Project Kuiper is Amazon ambitious plan to create an extensive satellite network capable of providing global internet coverage, just like starlink Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, has successfully launched the first two satellites for Project Kuiper, the e-commerce giant’s ambitious endeavour to create …

Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service to compete with SpaceX
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon launches test satellites for its planned internet service to compete with SpaceX

The Hindu  

Amazon launched the first test satellites for its planned internet service on Friday as a rival to SpaceX’s broadband network. United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket blasted off with the pair of test satellites, kicking off a programme that aims to improve global internet coverage with an eventual 3,236 satellites around Earth. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has a huge head start …

Amazon launches two satellites to compete with Musk’s Starlink
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon launches two satellites to compete with Musk’s Starlink

Live Mint  

With an aim to deliver the internet from space and compete with Elon Musk's Starlink service, Amazon launched two satellites on Friday. Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos said that Project Kuiper will provide fast, and affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world with a constellation of more than 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit. Rajeev Badyal, Project Kuiper's …

Amazon takes on Starlink with Project Kuiper's inaugural satellite launch
1 year, 3 months ago

Amazon takes on Starlink with Project Kuiper's inaugural satellite launch

India TV News  

Amazon is set to launch its initial two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on its "Protoflight" mission as part of Project Kuiper, the company's low Earth orbit satellite broadband venture aimed at competing with Elon Musk's Starlink. To rival Elon Musk's Starlink, which already has over 4,000 satellites in orbit for delivering affordable Internet, Amazon envisions deploying a constellation of …

Starlink: Why the new sovereign of low-earth orbit is bad news
1 year, 5 months ago

Starlink: Why the new sovereign of low-earth orbit is bad news

The Hindu  

In January 2023, Telegram channels in Russia were flooded with undated pictures of an unmanned Ukranian drone that included a retrofitted Starlink satellite dish made by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company. On paper, the integration of Starlink’s satellite internet service meant that the machine could be controlled from anywhere and be used for everything from surveilling Russian troops to coordinating …

China Working To Launch Competitor To Elon Musk's Starlink Later This Year
1 year, 10 months ago

China Working To Launch Competitor To Elon Musk's Starlink Later This Year

ABP News  

In a bid to give competition to Elon Musk-owned Starlink satellite internet service, China's military-industrial complex is working to introduce its first constellation of almost 13,000 very low-Earth orbit satellites later in 2023, the media has reported. The constellation of LEO satellites will include 12,992 satellites owned by the newly established China Satellite Network Group Co, Xu and his colleagues …

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet-beaming satellites to be used in government trial
2 years, 1 month ago

Elon Musk’s Starlink internet-beaming satellites to be used in government trial

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Elon Musk’s Starlink, which uses …

Amazon partners with three firms to launch its satellite internet constellation
2 years, 9 months ago

Amazon partners with three firms to launch its satellite internet constellation

The Hindu  

Amazon has announced agreements with three companies – Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance, to deploy the majority of its Project Kuiper satellites that aim to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband to a wide range of customers across the globe. The announcement brings Amazon’s satellite internet constellation one step closer to reality, as its rival Elon Musk-owned SpaceX continues to …

Elon Musk-backed Starlink broadband may launch globally by September, hints company president
3 years, 6 months ago

Elon Musk-backed Starlink broadband may launch globally by September, hints company president

India Today  

Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband will be available globally by September 2021, the company president Gwynne Shotwell said on Tuesday. Shotwell acknowledged that Starlink has unfinished regulatory work that the company needs to get approved to provide services in that country. "We've successfully deployed 1,800 or so satellites and once all those satellites reach their operational orbit, we will have continuous …

SpaceX Starlink Has New Competition as Amazon May Launch Satellite Internet in India
3 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX Starlink Has New Competition as Amazon May Launch Satellite Internet in India

News 18  

Amazon is reported to begin steps for bringing high-speed satellite internet services to India soon, people familiar with the matter were quoted in an Economic Times report as saying. Amazon will soon approach the government to discuss the modalities, authorisations, permits, landing rights, and satellite bandwidth leasing costs, the ET report cited sources as saying. The sources told ET that …

SpaceX's Internet to go global by 2022
3 years, 10 months ago

SpaceX's Internet to go global by 2022

The Hindu  

Tesla's chief Elon Musk revealed his plans to provide SpaceX's satellite-based Internet connection to most parts of the world by this year end, and everywhere by 2022. "Most of Earth by end of year, all by next year, then it’s about densifying coverage," Musk tweeted in response to a question on SpaceX's coverage. Musk acknowledged that satellite-based Internet connections are …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX now owns about a third of all active satellites in the sky
3 years, 10 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX now owns about a third of all active satellites in the sky

CNN  

Austin, Texas CNN Business — SpaceX created a swarm of about a thousand satellites that is circulating about 340 miles overhead, and building the constellation has put SpaceX in a “deep chasm” of expenses, according to CEO Elon Musk. With the latest SpaceX launch last week, which carried 60 more internet-beaming satellites into space, the company’s Starlink internet constellation grew …

Amazon's Project Kuiper customer terminal delivers speeds up to 400 Mbps
4 years ago

Amazon's Project Kuiper customer terminal delivers speeds up to 400 Mbps

The Hindu  

Amazon has developed a small, low-cost customer terminal for ‘Project Kuiper’, its satellite-based internet service from low Earth orbit. The tech giant said the phased array antenna is based on a new architecture capable of delivering high-speed, low-latency broadband, and will allow customers to connect to satellites passing overhead. Amazon’s phased array antenna used “tiny antenna element structures to overlay …

Musk teases test of satellite broadband following latest launch
4 years, 3 months ago

Musk teases test of satellite broadband following latest launch

Live Mint  

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. may soon debut a test of its Starlink broadband satellite system in parts of North America, founder Elon Musk said following the company’s latest launch. “Other countries to follow as soon as we receive regulatory approval.” SpaceX launched its 13th Starlink deployment mission Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, adding 60 small satellites to its constellation and …

SpaceX, Amazon, Facebook satellites scramble for space at Earth's outer limits
4 years, 5 months ago

SpaceX, Amazon, Facebook satellites scramble for space at Earth's outer limits

ABC  

You may not know it yet, but the world is in the middle of a new-age space race. "The game has changed and if you pick your areas correctly, Australia could actually be leading the game," said Professor Anna Moore, the director of the Australian National University's Institute of Space. Elon Musk's SpaceX has approval to launch more than 12,000 …

Amazon's Project Kuiper gets FCC approval; half of its 3,236 internet satellites to go up by 2026
4 years, 5 months ago

Amazon's Project Kuiper gets FCC approval; half of its 3,236 internet satellites to go up by 2026

Firstpost  

Project Kuiper is supposed to have gotten its names from the region of the Solar System called Kuiper belt. The US Federal Communications Commission has given Amazon unanimous approval to launch and operate a constellation of 3,236 internet-providing satellites as part of its ‘Project Kuiper’ – a codename that is said to be changed once the project begins commercial operations. …

Amazon wins FCC approval for Kuiper internet constellation
4 years, 5 months ago

Amazon wins FCC approval for Kuiper internet constellation

Daily Mail  

Amazon received approval from the Federal Communications to build a $10 billion internet constellation in low Earth orbit that would compete with Elon Musk's Starlink network. Amazon received approval from the Federal Communications to build a $10 billion internet constellation in low Earth orbit that would compete with Elon Musk's Starlink network Amazon first announced plans for the Kuiper System …

Amazon takes on SpaceX to build satellite broadband service
4 years, 5 months ago

Amazon takes on SpaceX to build satellite broadband service

The Hindu  

Amazon said it has received approval to build low earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed and low latency broadband service to under-served regions. The US Federal Communication Commission approved Amazon’s Project Kuiper in a 5-0 vote, allowing the technology company to deploy and operate a constellation of 3,236 inter-connected satellites to provide internet. The technology company said it will provide …

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation
4 years, 11 months ago

SpaceX launches 60 more satellites for its Starlink broadband internet constellation

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX launched its fourth batch of internet-beaming satellites Wednesday as the company makes an unprecedented push to build a broadband internet business by deploying hundreds of satellites in one year. About 60 small satellites were fired into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. As many as …

SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites
5 years, 1 month ago

SpaceX launches 60 more internet satellites

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX sent another 60 satellites into orbit on Monday, one of many such launches the company hopes to conduct over the next year as it works to build a massive broadband-from-space business. SpaceX’s internet constellation, called Starlink, will require hundreds of satellites working in tandem to provide seamless internet connections on the ground. The 60 …

Elon Musk sent out first tweets via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet
5 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk sent out first tweets via SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet

Firstpost  

While SpaceX is preparing to successfully deploy its network of Starlink satellites to beam down broadband connectivity to the most remote areas on Earth, Elon Musk is having fun with the under-construction network. With the Starlink satellites, SpaceX aims to launch a constellation network to give internet coverage from space. — Elon Musk October 22, 2019 Once up and running, …

SpaceX wants to beam internet across the southern U.S. by late 2020
5 years, 3 months ago

SpaceX wants to beam internet across the southern U.S. by late 2020

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX wants to become one of the world’s largest internet providers by deploying a constellation of thousands of satellites to beam broadband from space. SpaceX recently asked regulators for permission to rearrange its planned constellation, dubbed Starlink, in a way that would allow fewer satellites to cover more territory, according to documents filed with the …

SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers

The Hindu  

It looked like a scene from a sci-fi blockbuster: an astronomer in the Netherlands captured footage of a train of brightly-lit SpaceX satellites ascending through the night sky this weekend, stunning space enthusiasts across the globe. Not starstruck “People were making extrapolations that if many of the satellites in these new mega-constellations had that kind of steady brightness, then in …

SpaceX launches 60 little satellites, with many more to come
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches 60 little satellites, with many more to come

Associated Press  

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has launched 60 little satellites, the first of thousands that founder Elon Musk plans to put in orbit for global internet coverage. Musk said Friday all 60 flat-panel satellites were deployed and online a few hundred miles above Earth. Twelve launches of 60 satellites each will provide reliable and affordable internet coverage throughout the U.S., …

SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its internet network
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its internet network

Live Mint  

SpaceX on Thursday launched a rocket carrying the first 60 satellites of its "Starlink" constellation, which is intended to provide internet from space and could one day number 12,000 satellites. Billionaire Elon Musk's firm, which is leading the private space race when it comes to rocket launches, is now looking to seize a chunk of the future space internet market. …

SpaceX creates history by launching 60 Starlink satellites
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX creates history by launching 60 Starlink satellites

India TV News  

SpaceX has taken a giant leap towards making global Internet coverage a reality as its fifth Falcon 9 rocket of the year took flight, sending 60 Internet-beaming Starlink satellites into space. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 10.30 p.m. on Thursday from the Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, following several delays: first a 24-hour …

Beaming cheap internet from space has bankrupted other companies. Here’s how SpaceX plans to survive
5 years, 7 months ago

Beaming cheap internet from space has bankrupted other companies. Here’s how SpaceX plans to survive

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Elon Musk has tepid optimism that his rocket company SpaceX will be the company that delivers cheap satellite-based internet to the masses — finally turning a longtime industry fantasy into reality. Here’s what is known: Musk said last week that SpaceX has “sufficient” funds to get Starlink off the ground -— “but of course if …

SpaceX will launch its first 60 satellites to deliver internet from space
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX will launch its first 60 satellites to deliver internet from space

CNN  

New York CNN Business — SpaceX wants to beam cheap broadband internet all over the planet. Elon Musk’s rocket company will try to deliver a batch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit, the first for a megaconstellation of satellites that SpaceX is calling Starlink. And SpaceX said in a Thursday tweet that it would wait another week so the company …

SpaceX gears up to launch sixty demo Starlink internet satellites on 15 May
5 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX gears up to launch sixty demo Starlink internet satellites on 15 May

Firstpost  

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced Saturday that sixty new satellites in the Starlink network will be launched into space on 15 May — the first in a series of thousands that SpaceX hopes to launch over the next few years for internet coverage from space. “This next batch of satellites will really be a demonstration set for us to see …

Space race to bring satellite internet to the world may be five to ten years away
5 years, 8 months ago

Space race to bring satellite internet to the world may be five to ten years away

Firstpost  

Internet beamed from space is a priority for isolated zones more than cities & still at least 5-10 years away. Anxiety has set in across the space industry ever since the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, revealed Project Kuiper : a plan to put 3,236 satellites in orbit to provide high-speed internet across the globe. “These guys coming in, I …

Project Kuiper: Amazon's plans for a 3,236-satellite network for high-speed internet
5 years, 9 months ago

Project Kuiper: Amazon's plans for a 3,236-satellite network for high-speed internet

Firstpost  

Amazon, too, will join many other big & small names in the race to provide global access to internet. A spokesperson from Amazon confirmed that the initiative exists in an email statement to GeekWire, calling it a “long-term project aiming to serve tens of millions of people that lack basic Internet connectivity.” What is Project Kuiper? The name won’t stick …

Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet
5 years, 9 months ago

Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to offer broadband internet

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Amazon.com Inc on Thursday confirmed its plan to build a network of over 3,000 satellites through "Project Kuiper" to provide high speed internet. The project will launch a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to people globally who lack basic access to broadband internet, the company said. Amazon's satellite project faces stiff competition …

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