Kuiper

Amazon said on Thursday it will invest more than $10 billion (roughly Rs. 74,829 crores) to build a network of 3,236 satellites that will provide high-speed broadband Internet services to people around the world who lack such access.The announcement follows the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the plan, called "Project Kuiper", for the constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites that will compete with the Starlink network being built out by Elon Musk's SpaceX. It also comes on the heels of Amazon…

Amazon Project Kuiper, the e-commerce giant's initiative to offer broadband internet via satellites, may soon be expanded to India as the Jeff Bezos-owned company is looking for an executive to handle the project's licensing strategy in India and Asia-Pacific countries. Amazon had announced in 2020 that it will invest more than $10 billion (roughly Rs. 79,900 crores) to build a network of 3,236 satellites in order to provide high-speed broadband Internet services globally to people who lack such access.Amazon is looking…

Amazon on Tuesday announced deals for scores of launches to deploy a "constellation" of satellites in low orbit around the Earth to provide internet service to people below.Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history.The overall cost and timing of launches booked to make Amazon's Project Kuiper a reality were not disclosed."We still have lots of work ahead, but the team has continued to hit milestone…