Amazon to launch first two Project Kuiper satellites in late 2022
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- Sep 06, 2022
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Project Kuiper, Amazon's satellite broadband initiative, will take to the skies with two prototype satellites in the fourth quarter of next year.
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Satellite internet, often a last resort for internet connectivity in rural areas, is getting a much-needed makeover thanks in part to Amazon's low Earth orbit initiative, Project Kuiper. The new broadband service is intended to deliver affordable, low-latency, high-speed internet access to unserved or underserved areas around the world.
As we've seen with the similar satellite broadband startup Starlink, a home internet service requires hundreds of satellites to reach a significant coverage area. Amazon recently received Federal Communications Commission approval to launch 3,236 low Earth orbit satellites for Project Kuiper, and we now know the first two will launch sometime in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, will reach
low Earth orbit
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