The Kuiper constellation begins to take shape. The future Amazon satellite internet access service now has more than one hundred devices in low orbit, but it will take much more to achieve the objective that the company has set itself – especially if it wants to compete with Starlink.
Amazon A new batch of satellites yesterday Monday Kuiper Around the earth. 24 satellites were deployed in low orbit by a Falcon 9 rocket in SpaceX. This successful launch is a relief for the online commerce giant, after four aborted attempts due to weather problems.
3 % of satellites in the Kuiper constellation in space
To give itself courage, the company can always say that it has crossed a symbolic milestone, that of the hundred satellites sent in space – 102 precisely. This symbolic threshold also gives the extent of the work that remains to be done: ultimately, the Kuiper constellation must have 3,236 satellites! And it is still very far from the 8,000 satellites of the Grand Rival Starlink.
Amazon cannot therefore rest on its laurels. It is all the more true since the FCC, the American communications regulator, requires 1,600 Kuiper satellites in space by next July. The entire constellation must be deployed in July 2029. The group reserved 83 satellite launches, which includes 3 flights with SpaceX… Starlink owner.
But no need to have more than 3,000 satellites above our heads to launch a sales service. Amazon wants to start marketing Kuiper at the end of this year, and France could be part of the first markets: ARCEP has indeed gave the green light to the service.
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