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

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The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe — but on the condition that it doesn’t unduly interfere with previously authorized satellite ventures. (Credit: OneWeb).

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

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Amazon plans to launch the first two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation by late 2022, using rockets currently being developed by ABL Space Systems. The satellites are being developed at Amazon’s Project Kuiper headquarters in Redmond, Wash. —

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