GeekWire

APRIL 11, 2024

ULA Photo) In his annual letter to shareholders , Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the company’s Project Kuiper satellite venture will be “a very large revenue opportunity” in the future — but he’s hedging his bets as to exactly when that future will be. million customers.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With optical inter-satellite links across our satellite constellation, Project Kuiper will effectively operate as a mesh network in space,” Rajeev Badyal, Project Kuiper’s vice president of technology, said today in a news release. “This sounds roughly comparable to the capability demonstrated by Kuiper.”

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

At least half of the 3,236 satellites will have to be placed in orbit by mid-2026 to satisfy the requirements of Amazon’s license from the Federal Communications Commission. Project Kuiper is far behind SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite network , which already has more than 2 million subscribers.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CIOs who are responsible for their company’s factories are starting to understand that they will be spending far more on data management and analytics tools in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, and will be using those tools for deeper insight into operations, sales and supply chain disruptions. What All Of This Means For You.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Amazon Photo) Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network streamed its first video and facilitated its first online sale during a monthlong series of orbital tests that the company says achieved a “100% success rate.” Engineers test the Project Kuiper satellite network in McAllen, Texas.

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2021

Amazon emphasized that this is just the first wave for a 3,236-satellite network that’s designed to offer broadband access to billions of people. For years, Amazon, SpaceX and the others have been dueling over technicalities before the FCC, which is charged with licensing satellite constellations.

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GeekWire

JULY 30, 2020

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. The company plans to move the team to a new headquarters in nearby Redmond once that space is ready. You have to commit. Amazon will invest more than $10 billion in Project Kuiper.

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