The Battle of Billionaires entered space between Jeff Bezos and Eileon Musk, a new square: the Internet online.
Amazon, the company that Mr. Bezos started as a seller on the Internet three decades ago, is now a commercial giant, James Bond concession, a seller of electronic tools such as Echo smart speakers and one of the most powerful service providers in cloud computing.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Amazon now launches the first few thousands of satellites known as Project Kuper to provide another option to stay in the modern world. It is currently dominating the Internet high -speed internet on Earth from Orbitt currently by Elon Musk’s Spacex Rocket, which runs a similar service, Starlink. Starlink, with thousands of satellites in orbit and more launch almost every week, already serves several million customers all over the world.
When is the launch and how can I see it?
The first 27 satellite is scheduled to start on the Kuiper project on Wednesday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. They will fly on ATLAS V, an united Alliance, a joint project between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. First Provide live coverage In the video player.
The trip is currently scheduled to start at 7:40 pm.
It was originally determined that the launch will happen early from 7 pm, but the wind and bathing from coastal storms prevent the launch at that time, and the mission managers are waiting to see if the weather will improve enough to allow its delivery during the window where the journey can occur. The defendants’ loading has been completed on the missile.
The spacecraft will be spread in a circular orbit in a circular orbit, 280 miles above the surface. The satellite payment system will gradually raise this orbit to a height of 393 miles.
What is the Quiber project?
Project Kuper will be a constellation of internet moons that aim to provide high -speed data connections for almost every point on Earth. This will require this successful thousands of satellites, and the Amazon goal is to run more than 3200 in the coming years.
The company will compete with Starlink’s Spacex, a service that was originally marketed for residential customers.
While Kuiper also aims to this market, especially in remote areas, it will also be combined with Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud computing offer, which is popular with companies and large governments worldwide. This may make it more attractive for companies that include satellite images or weather prediction that not only needs to transfer large quantities of data online, but also to make accounts on data.
The ground stations will connect the Kuper satellite to web services in a way that can also allow companies to also communicate with their devices. For example, Amazon suggested that energy companies can use Kuper to monitor and control remote wind farms or drilling platforms abroad.
In October 2023, two Kuper satellites were launched to test technology. Amazon said that the tests were successful. These initial models were not intended to serve in the operating constellation, and after seven months they were pushed into the air, where they were burned. Company He said Since then, she updated the designs of “every system and sub -system on board.
“There is a big difference between the launch of two satellites and the launch of 3000 satellites,” said Rajev Badiel, an executive official of Amazon, who is in charge of Koyber, in a promotional video before the launch.
When will Amazon provide internet service from space?
Amazon told the Federal Communications Committee in 2020 that the service will begin after it published the first 578 satellites. The company said it expects to connect customers to the Internet later this year.
While a constellation works at full capacity needs thousands of satellites, the company can provide service in much specific areas per orbit before expanding to more global coverage at a later time.
The approval of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) came to a constellation with the condition that half of the satellites be deployed at least by July 30, 2026. Industry analysts say the company can get an extension if it has shown great progress at that time.
The introduction of satellites in orbit also depends on the launch of the missiles that occur on the specified date, which may be a problem if the missiles are not enough. Amazon also needs to build hundreds of ground stations, to transfer its signals to users.