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Final test: Amazon’s Project Kuiper begins to deorbit prototype broadband satellites

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The project has lagged behind SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network , which already has more than 3 million customers and is partnering with T-Mobile , But Amazon has enlisted its own high-profile set of partners, including Verizon and Vodafone , and Project Kuiper’s pace has picked up over the past year. reach full capacity.

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Kuiper satellite network gets a big lift from Amazon’s CEO, but timeline is a bit hazy

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Such a service would compete with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network, which already has more than 2.6 The plan calls for sending 3,232 satellites (down slightly from the originally planned 3,236) into low Earth orbit by 2029. million customers. Amazon is investing more than $10 billion to get Kuiper off the ground.

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Amazon schedules first Kuiper satellite launches for 2022 using ABL’s RS1 rocket

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The timeline for testing what’s slated to become a 3,236-satellite network in low Earth orbit was laid out today in an experimental license application filed with the Federal Communications Commission. Amazon has suggested that it could begin commercial service even before 2026, once the count reaches 578 satellites.

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Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

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Under the terms of the FCC’s order, Amazon will have to launch half of its satellites by mid-2026, and the rest of them by mid-2029. military applications. “The FCC is requiring Amazon to demonstrate that it will not cause any interference to previously licensed systems from the November 2016 processing round.

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