https://spacewatch.global/tag/amazon-project-kuiper/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:00:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/amazon-project-kuiper/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/fcc-accepts-to-modify-spacexs-starlink-license/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 06:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32313&preview=true&preview_id=32313 Luxembourg, 28 April 2021. – The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) in the U.S. accepted to modify SpaceX’s Starlink license in the low Earth orbit (LEO), the commission said. Subject to a couple of conditions, the FCC granted SpaceX to change the primary operational altitude for 2814 satellites from the original 1100 to 1300 kilometer range to the new 540 to 570 kilometer range.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/04/amazon-contracts-nine-atlas-v-for-project-kuiper/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32100&preview=true&preview_id=32100 Paris, 20 April 2021. – 9 times 5: Amazon contracted nine Atlas V rockets to launch its Project Kuiper broadband constellation, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced. With Project Kuiper, Amazon wants to increase global broadband coverage through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/china-pushes-ahead-with-giant-broadband-satellite-constellation/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26838&preview=true&preview_id=26838 China pushes ahead with giant 13,000 satellite LEO constellation]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/amazon-web-services-nominates-peter-marquez-first-head-of-space-policy/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26089&preview=true&preview_id=26089 Amazon Web Services (AWS) nominates Peter Marquez first Head of Space Policy]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/spacewatchgl-opinion-doing-an-iridium/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 11:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23338 Our industry is sometimes difficult to understand. OneWeb recently filed for bankruptcy, letting go of most of its staff, but then only a couple of days later they filed for an expansion of their fleet to 48,000 satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/chinas-geely-announces-us326-million-satellite-investment-for-mobility-revolution-connectivity/ Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:00:18 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20196 Chinese automotive and technology giant Zhejiang Geely Holding Group announced on 3 March 2020 that it is investing 2.27 billion Yuan (US$326 million) in a satellite manufacturing facility to be located in the coastal city of Taizhou, Zhejiang province, considered to be the ‘hometown’ of the company. The satellite manufacturing facility will be operated by […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/spacewatchgl-op-ed-the-railroad-to-space/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 09:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19245 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/uks-oneweb-schedules-launch-of-second-batch-of-34-satellites-from-baikonur/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19138 OneWeb, the UK-headquartered global satellite communications company, is scheduled to launch its second batch of 34 satellites on 6-7 February 2020 on board a Soyuz 2.1B satellite launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/spacex-falcon-9-launches-60-starlink-communications-satellites/ Fri, 31 Jan 2020 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18986 SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 satellite launch vehicle carrying its fourth batch of 60 Starlink satellites. The launch took place at 9:06 a.m. local time on Wednesday, 29 January 2020, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/uks-oneweb-forging-relationship-with-republic-of-georgia/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18923 British-headquartered satellite communications company OneWeb is courting the Republic of Georgia with the aim of establishing a ground station in the country and providing its satellite services to bridge the digital divide in the South Caucasus, according to a report from the Azerbaijani Trend News Agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/euroconsult-projects-four-fold-increase-in-satellite-demand-over-next-decade/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18592 In its latest analysis of satellite manufacturing and launch services, Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2028, Euroconsult projects that the satellite market will experience a radical transformation in the quantity, value and mass of the satellites to be built and launched with a four-fold increase in the number of satellites at a yearly average of 990 satellites to be launched, compared to a yearly average of 230 satellites in the previous decade.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/apple-reported-to-be-working-on-its-own-satellite-solutions/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 06:00:25 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18063 Apple is reported to be working on unspecified satellite solutions that could provide direct connectivity to Apple devices around the world, and could improve the accuracy of Apple maps and geolocation services, according to a 20 December 2019 report published by Bloomberg.]]>