Amazon to offer broadband access from orbit with 3,236-satellite ‘Project Kuiper’ constellation

ronjor · Apr 4, 2019

by Alan Boyle on April 4, 2019

Amazon is joining the race to provide broadband internet access around the globe via thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, newly uncovered filings show.
The effort, code-named Project Kuiper, follows up on last September’s mysterious reports that Amazon was planning a “big, audacious space project” involving satellites and space-based systems. The Seattle-based company is likely to spend billions of dollars on the project, and could conceivably reap billions of dollars in revenue once the satellites go into commercial service.
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mirimir · Apr 5, 2019

I keep reading about these.

I wonder when one of them will actually be up.

It'd be good to have a VPN service, to anonymize users. Or better, something like Tor running on the orbital mesh.

ronjor · Apr 7, 2019

Here's why Amazon is trying to reach every inch of the world with satellites providing internet

Michael Sheetz | @thesheetztweetz 07 Apr 19
Amazon is working on Project Kuiper, which would put 3,236 satellites into orbit to provide high-speed internet to any point on the globe.
"You can see the clear profit motive here for Amazon: 4 billion new customers," Space Angels CEO Chad Anderson said.
CNBC spoke to more than a dozen space industry analysts and executives about Amazon's proposal and the customers, competitors and costs involved.
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ronjor · Apr 8, 2019

SpaceX Starlink satellite veterans join Amazon’s competing Project Kuiper team

by Alan Boyle on April 7, 2019
The leadership team for Amazon’s newly revealed broadband satellite constellation, code-named Project Kuiper, includes engineers who left SpaceX’s Starlink constellation program last year as part of a reorganization, industry sources say.
The personnel shift, first reported today by CNBC, illustrates how interconnected and competitive the satellite mega-constellation business is turning out to be.
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ronjor · Jul 5, 2019

Amazon asks FCC for approval of Project Kuiper broadband satellite operation

by Alan Boyle & Taylor Soper on July 5, 2019
Amazon is asking the Federal Communications Commission for approval of its Project Kuiper satellite broadband venture, and referring to potential synergies with Amazon Web Services as a strong selling point.
GeekWire first reported news of Project Kuiper in April, when Amazon revealed plans to put more than 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit for global broadband coverage.
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ronjor · Dec 18, 2019

Amazon is moving its Project Kuiper satellite operation to huge facility in Redmond

by Alan Boyle on December 18, 2019
Amazon announced today that its Project Kuiper satellite operation has outgrown its current office space, and will move it to 219,000 square feet of space that it’s leasing in Redmond, Wash. — the same city where one of its chief rivals, SpaceX, has its own satellite operation.
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ronjor · Dec 19, 2019

SpaceX Is Lobbying Against Amazon’s Internet-Beaming Satellites

by Todd Feathers Dec 19 2019
Amazon is trying to get a waiver to FCC rules that companies like SpaceX and OneWeb had to follow.
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ronjor · Jul 11, 2020

FCC chief seeks conditional approval for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite network

by Alan Boyle on July 10, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission’s chairman, Ajit Pai, says he’s proposing approval of Amazon’s plan to put more than 3,200 satellites into low Earth orbit for a broadband internet constellation known as Project Kuiper … with conditions.
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ronjor · Jul 30, 2020

FCC approves Amazon Kuiper satellite broadband deployment plan

David Shepardson July 30, 2020
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday said it had approved Amazon.com Inc’s plan to build a network of over 3,200 satellites through “Project Kuiper” to provide high speed broadband internet service.
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ronjor · Dec 17, 2020

Amazon’s answer to SpaceX Starlink delivers 400Mbps in prototype phase

Jon Brodkin - 12/17/2020
Amazon offers peek into development of antenna for Project Kuiper user terminal.
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guest · Jul 14, 2021

Amazon has acquired Facebook's satellite internet team
It's the end of Facebook's plan for satellite internet and a boost to Amazon's.
July 14, 2021
https://www.engadget.com/amazon-has-acquired-facebooks-satellite-internet-group-115312282.html

The race to develop satellite internet includes some pretty big players like SpaceX, Amazon, Softbank and Facebook. However, Facebook has now essentially thrown in the towel in that business, selling its internet satellite team to Amazon, The Information has reported. For Amazon, it's a significant step in its effort to develop its Project Kuiper satellite network and catch up with SpaceX's Starlink broadband constellation.
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Amazon has significantly ramped up hiring efforts for Project Kuiper at its Redmond headquarters, with 500 employees currently aboard and 200 open positions. The employees coming from Facebook are reportedly based in the Los Angeles area and include physicists as well as optical, prototyping, mechanical and software engineers.
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ronjor · Nov 1, 2021

Amazon plans to launch first internet satellites in late 2022

Amazon aims to launch its first Project Kuiper internet satellites in the fourth quarter of 2022, the company announced on Monday.
“There is no substitute for on-orbit testing, and we expect to learn a lot given the complexity and risk of operating in such a challenging environment,” Amazon vice president Rajeev Badyal said in a statement.
Called KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, Amazon says the satellites will launch with rocket builder ABL Space on its RS1 vehicle.
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ronjor · Feb 9, 2023

FCC approves Amazon’s satellite broadband plan over SpaceX’s objections

Jon Brodkin - 2/9/2023
Amazon's 3,236-satellite plan greenlit despite SpaceX seeking 578-satellite limit.
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ronjor · Mar 15, 2023

Amazon targets 2024 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites

By Joey Roulette March 14, 2023
Amazon's satellite internet unit, Project Kuiper, will begin mass-producing the satellites later this year, the company said. Those will be the first of over 3,000 satellites the technology giant plans to launch in low-Earth orbit in the next few years.
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ronjor · Aug 7, 2023

Amazon shifts launch of its first Internet satellites to Atlas V rocket

Stephen Clark - 8/7/2023
Amazon has confirmed it now plans to launch the first two test satellites for the company's Kuiper broadband network on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket as soon as next month, shifting the payloads off of the inaugural flight of ULA's new Vulcan rocket.
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ronjor · Oct 5, 2023

Amazon Prepares to Challenge SpaceX’s Starlink With Maiden Satellite Launch

By George Dvorsky 04 Oct 2023
Jeff Bezos’s space venture, Project Kuiper, is set for a Friday launch, aiming to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink in the satellite internet arena.
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Rico · Oct 9, 2023

Launch/lunch billionaire shootout; a loser can become lunch. Win!

ronjor · Dec 14, 2023

Amazon to connect Kuiper satellites with laser links to boost space internet network

Published Thu, Dec 14 202310:00 AM EST
Michael Sheetz @in/michaeljsheetz@thesheetztweetz Dec 14 2023
“With optical inter-satellite links across our satellite constellation, Project Kuiper will effectively operate as a mesh network in space,” a company executive said.
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