Amazon reveals UK satellite internet plan
2 days, 2 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 a network of internet satellites within the next two years. Project Kuiper, as it is known, will see Amazon launch thousands of satellites into low Earth orbit to form a constellation similar to SpaceX’s Starlink internet network. “The Kuiper System’s broadband communication service will enable reliable Internet connectivity to homes, schools, hospitals, libraries, and government facilities, both at fixed locations and on the move,” Amazon’s Ofcom filing states. “Further, as innovative technologies continue to emerge, additional spectrum bands will provide critical capacity for Internet of Things and enterprise applications in industries as diverse as agriculture, medicine, finance, retail and transportation.” Amazon’s Project Kuiper is following a similar pathway to SpaceX’s Starlink by first allowing users to connect to the internet network via small terminals, before allowing customers to connect directly through their smartphone or computing device.

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Starlink brings high-speed Wi-Fi to flight, Elon Musk's new video threatens Jio, Airtel
3 weeks ago

Starlink brings high-speed Wi-Fi to flight, Elon Musk's new video threatens Jio, Airtel

India TV News  

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Starlink satellite internet review: Speed, latency, price explained for Indian users
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Starlink satellite internet review: Speed, latency, price explained for Indian users

India TV News  

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Elon Musk's SpaceX completes Starlink's direct-to-cell constellation
1 month ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX completes Starlink's direct-to-cell constellation

India Today  

Elon Musk announced the completion of the first Starlink satellite constellation capable of providing direct internet connectivity to unmodified cell phones. The satellites will connect over laser backhaul to the existing Starlink constellation, effectively eliminating service dead zones and ensuring reliable internet access when it is needed most. https://t.co/wJHMGEzzE4 — Elon Musk December 5, 2024 The initiative has already garnered …

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit, boosting worldwide internet reach
1 month ago

SpaceX Falcon 9 sends 24 Starlink satellites into orbit, boosting worldwide internet reach

Live Mint  

SpaceX achieved a significant milestone on Wednesday as its Falcon 9 rocket launched on its record-breaking 24th mission, carrying 24 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. This mission, designated Starlink-213 / Starlink 6-70, marks the continued expansion of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite constellation, designed to provide high-speed internet access globally. Starlink's growing global reach The launch also represents a major step forward …

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites, expands direct-to-cell capability
1 month, 2 weeks ago

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 23 Starlink satellites, expands direct-to-cell capability

Live Mint  

SpaceX successfully launched 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit on Monday, at 5:02 a.m. A proven booster’s milestone The Falcon 9 first-stage booster supporting this mission completed its 13th flight, according to SpaceX, having previously launched missions including Euclid, Ax-2, Ax-3, NG-21, SES 24, CRS-30, and seven other Starlink deployments. Expanding global connectivity Starlink’s growing satellite constellation aims to provide …

Elon Musk’s monopoly on space is alarming internet advocates and astronomers
3 months, 4 weeks 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 …

Starlink may get satellite broadband services licence
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Starlink may get satellite broadband services licence

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: This Centre is set to grant a licence to Elon Musk-led Starlink for starting satellite broadband services in India in the next few days. The company had applied for the global mobile personal communication by satellite services licence, which offers satellite communication services in licensed service areas, in October 2022. It is believed that at the same time, …

Elon Musk congratulates Jeff Bezos on Satellite internet launch success
1 year, 3 months ago

Elon Musk congratulates Jeff Bezos on Satellite internet launch success

India TV News  

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk extended his well wishes to Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO Andy Jassy after Amazon's successful launch of its first two prototype Kuiper satellites for providing affordable internet services from space. Amazon's Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit satellite broadband initiative, aims to deploy over 3,200 satellites in LEO to compete with Musk's Starlink, …

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 can now be used on the move ‘almost everywhere on earth’
1 year, 7 months ago

Starlink can now be used on the move ‘almost everywhere on earth’

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 SpaceX has launched a new service for its space-based Starlink internet service that …

Elon Musk's SpaceX files papers to launch Starlink in South Korea: Report
1 year, 11 months ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX files papers to launch Starlink in South Korea: Report

Hindustan Times  

Billionaire Elon Musk's space company SpaceX has filed registration papers with South Korean authorities to launch its satellites-powered internet service Starlink in the country, Yonhap reported on Friday, citing sources. SpaceX in South Korea: Elon Musk's SpaceX files papers to launch Starlink in South Korea. Read here: Elon Musk's net worth down by $182 bn since Nov 2021, ‘worst loss’ …

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 …

EU Lays Out $6.8 Billion Satellite Communication Plan in Space Race
2 years, 10 months ago

EU Lays Out $6.8 Billion Satellite Communication Plan in Space Race

News 18  

STRASBOURG: The European Commission on Tuesday set out a 6 billion-euro satellite communications plan, part of a push to cut the European Union's dependence on foreign companies and protect key communications services and surveillance data against any outside interference. Commercial operators such a Elon Musk's SpaceX and its Starlink network that aims to launch tens of thousands of satellites to …

Starlink satellite internet by Elon Musk is now as fast as fiber broadband. Almost
3 years, 5 months ago

Starlink satellite internet by Elon Musk is now as fast as fiber broadband. Almost

India Today  

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite has matched up to the speed of the broadband, a speed test has found. A new report by Ookla speed test has revealed that the speed of the Starlink Internet has improved a lot, and it is now close to the speed offered by wired broadband. “Starlink was the only satellite internet provider in the United States …

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 …

Amazon picks launch partner to deploy Project Kuiper satellites
3 years, 8 months ago

Amazon picks launch partner to deploy Project Kuiper satellites

The Hindu  

Amazon said on Monday that it has secured an agreement with space launch firm, United Launch Alliance, to support the deployment of its Project Kuiper satellites. As Amazon’s first launch partner, ULA’s nine Atlas V launch vehicles will help deploy some of Amazon’s broadband satellites to low Earth orbit. The company plans to use “multiple launch vehicles and launch partners” …

Elon Musk's Starlink is now live in Australia. Will it really deliver faster internet, and to whom?
3 years, 8 months ago

Elon Musk's Starlink is now live in Australia. Will it really deliver faster internet, and to whom?

ABC  

Living 20 minutes out of Shepparton in northern Victoria, Lisa Powell and her family have struggled for years to get the good internet they need for work and study. Under the terms of the Australian Communications and Media Authority five-year licence granted to Starlink in January 2021, the company can only provide internet service to "low and remote density areas". …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Accepting Preorders For Starlink Satellite Broadband; Coming To India This Year?
3 years, 10 months ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Accepting Preorders For Starlink Satellite Broadband; Coming To India This Year?

News 18  

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is extending the testing phase of the Starlink satellite broadband service is now accepting preorders from anyone who may want to get access. This is the second push for the Starlink satellite internet service, with the previous public beta testing invites sent out in October last year to sign up for the service. But there is good …

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 …

Tesla Starlink now beaming Internet with satellite, it is fast, expensive and little unreliable
4 years, 2 months ago

Tesla Starlink now beaming Internet with satellite, it is fast, expensive and little unreliable

India Today  

Results of public beta testing of SpaceX’s Starlink, which provides global internet coverage from space are out. To take the beta test, users had to purchase the Starlink ground equipment for $499 and along with an additional monthly fee of $99 for services. “With performance that far surpasses that of traditional satellite internet, and a global network unbounded by ground …

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 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit
4 years, 7 months ago

SpaceX launches 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Within days of sending two NASA astronauts to ISS on Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX has now launched 60 new internet satellites into orbit using another Falcon 9. The company intends to launch 12,000 internet satellites into the lower orbit to provide reliable high speed broadband internet on Earth through space. Low flying satellites have large, flat antennas that …

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 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. …

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 …

Starlink: SpaceX to launch dozens more 'test' internet satellites on 15 May
5 years, 8 months ago

Starlink: SpaceX to launch dozens more 'test' internet satellites on 15 May

Firstpost  

The first of SpaceX’s satellites in the Starlink network were launched to orbit in February 2018. The first of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband internet satellites took wing to the orbit in February 2018, and they’ll soon be joined by dozens more as early as 15 May. “We start launching satellites for actual service later this year.” Satellite internet promises broader access …

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 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 …

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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