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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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The plan calls for sending 3,232 satellites (down slightly from the originally planned 3,236) into low Earth orbit by 2029. Those organizations include telecommunications companies ( Verizon, Vodafone and Vodacom , NTT and Sky Perfect JSAT ) as well as NASA , DARPA and the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

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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. The details will have to be cleared with the FCC as well as the International Telecommunication Union once they’re available. Amazon revealed its plans for Project Kuiper just last year.

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Further explanation and answers to 6 questions on the Newspaper Extinction Timeline after one million views

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Tablets will be given away for free (with strings attached) very soon, and digital paper will supplant paper by the end of the decade in many developed countries. In developed countries newspapers have largely lost classifieds revenue, are experiencing rapid decrease in display advertising, and are losing readers apace.

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