Amazon Seeks US Regulators' Permission To Launch Another 4,538 Satellites (bloomberg.com) 27
Amazon's Kuiper Systems asked U.S. regulators for permission to launch another 4,538 satellites that would bolster its constellation as it competes with Elon Musk's SpaceX for broadband-from-space customers. From a report: The additions would bring Kuiper's constellation to 7,774 satellites, the company said in a filing Thursday with the Federal Communications Commission. The companies are joining a rush to offer internet service from orbits near the Earth, spurred in a part by decreasing launch costs. Low orbits offer minimal lag time for data to bounce between a user on the ground and the spacecraft. Kuiper's request was among nine applications, submitted under an FCC deadline, that requested authorization for a total of more than 35,000 spacecraft. That's more than seven times the number aloft today. Those figures don't include nearly 30,000 additional satellites proposed by segment leader SpaceX, which already has launched more than 1,700 of its Starlink spacecraft.
So they want to launch a bag (Score:2)
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No, they look like this:
https://skyandtelescope.org/wp... [skyandtelescope.org]
with blackjack and hookers, natch (Score:2)
Well I intend to launch 7,77 5 satellites!
So put that in your pipe and SMOKE IT!
Bad Marketing (Score:1)
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Vaporware to make it appear like they're competing with Starlink so far.
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It's a pre-emptive land, er space-grab.
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I like the part where they say these satellites will be "launch agnostic" and not all launched by Blue Origin. As if Blue Origin is anywhere close to achieving orbit. Good luck competing with a company that can just write off the launch costs as more rocket testing.
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7 thousand? Why not 7 million? Then we can combat global warming, AND make the night sky look like shit.
This is like Intel Marketing. (Score:2)
And the losers see this article and wait for the new good stuff.
More satellites? (Score:2)
Between Amazon and SpaceX, we'll all be able to have our own at some point...
Why? (Score:2)
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640k ought to be enough for for everyone!
Bozos (Score:1)
Has Bozos had any original ideas other than selling books online?
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That wasn't an original idea. Nor was free shipping, or free shipping on orders over XX dollars. I think their "1 click" purchasing was original enough to patent.
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Has Bozos had any original ideas other than selling books online?
I’d be perfectly content to have his assets and no original thoughts. Building a better mousetrap is not a valueless premise for a product.
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For some definition of better.
Maybe they should... (Score:1)
Kessler syndrome (Score:2)
Do you want Kessler Syndrome? Because that's how you get Kessler Syndrome.
Seems right (Score:2, Insightful)
amazon asks america if it can fuck up the sky for the entire world.
Bezos is desperate to go back to Talos IV (Score:1)
Is more satellites really a good solution? (Score:2)
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If I was Elon Musk (Score:2)