Category: project kuiper

Amazon gets FCC approval for its Project Kuiper broadband satellites

Post author By Randall
Post date July 31, 2020
Categories In Amazon, fcc, News, project kuiper, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] The FCC has unanimously approved Amazon’s Project Kuiper, giving the tech giant the go-ahead to deploy and operate a constellation of 3,236 satellites. Amazon asked the FCC for permission to launch thousands of Low Earth Orbit satellites in July 2019, just a few months months after announcing the project. Similar to SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, […]

Amazon asks FCC for permission to launch internet satellites

Post author By Randall
Post date July 7, 2019
Categories In Amazon, broadband, gear, Internet, internet satellite, ka-band, project kuiper, satellite, Space, Tech

[ad_1] They’d use Ka-band frequencies like those Iridium is using in its latest satellites, and Amazon is asking for clearance to use anti-interference technology to avoid headaches. And yes, Amazon is aware of the potential problems with space debris. The satellites would deorbit themselves in less than 10 years whether or not they were still […]