Amazon called the launch of the first prototypes of spacecraft of the Kuiper global Internet system, which will be a competitor to Starlink. As Asshechnica writes, referring to the application of the US Federal Communications Commission, Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 satellites must be launched in the fourth quarter of next year.
Space machines are planned to withdraw from a mobile starting in Florida, a non-flying RS1 rocket developed by ABL Space Systems with the support of Lockheed Martin, an near-earth orbit with a height of 590 kilometers. Satellites will be born with ground stations of tracking, telemetry and the transfer of management teams in South America and the Asia-Pacific region, as well as with subscriber terminals and a single gateway in Texas.
Amazon emphasize that Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 will allow testing technologies to be used in the final satellite project.
The publication notes that the first KUIPER serial satellites may be prepared by the beginning of 2024 with the possibility of the start of providing network access services in 2025. ARSTECHNICA Reminds that the Federal Communications Commission approved Amazon Running 3236 spacecraft.
In September, Bloomberg wrote that Kuiper Systems, a subsidiary of Amazon, in contacting the US Federal Communications Commission sharply commented on Spacex, accusing it in violation and ignoring the general rules. In Contitalized Jeffrey, the company stated that Ilona Mask adheres to the position, according to which “rules are intended for other people.” Formally, the proceedings between the parties are associated with the orbital parameters of the satellites of global access to the Internet KUIPER and STARLINK.