Does AWS give Amazon’s Project Kuiper enough of a leg up to compete with SpaceX Starlink?
Amazon just launched its second batch of 27 production satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband network in, aiming to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink. Launched on ULA’s Atlas V rocket, Kuiper is an Amazon satellite service – NOT under Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin. In this video, we break down the differences in satellite deployment and technology between Amazon Kuiper vs Starlink.
Amazon has the advantage of decades of customer data and AWS networking infrastructure and an ambitious plan to launch 3,200 satellites using ULA rockets, with leadership behind the project including former SpaceX satellite VP Rajeev Badyal.
With Kuiper using Ka-band frequencies and laser inter-satellite links, can Amazon realistically compete with Starlink’s massive 7,000+ satellite constellation and its Ku-band global broadband?
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