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Follow the countdown to the first launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites

GeekWire

Project Kuiper, an ambitious program that was unveiled four years ago , aims to provide broadband internet access — and satellite-based access to Amazon Web Services — to millions of people around the world. Deployment is scheduled to occur about 18 minutes after launch.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

GeekWire

But Project Kuiper aims to take advantage of synergies with Amazon’s other business lines, ranging from online retail sales to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Web Services. The rest would have to be launched by 2029. To meet that schedule, Project Kuiper plans to produce up to four satellites per day at the Kirkland factory.

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Ready…Set…Start Your Containers

CIO Business Intelligence

Consequently, operating system distributions and underlying infrastructure configurations are abstracted from application programs, allowing them to run correctly and identically regardless of the environment. Containers are faster to start up, drive higher server efficiencies, and reduce server and licensing costs. How we got here.