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14 déc. 2023 · Project Kuiper revealed the last critical system on board its satellites with the announcement of an optical inter-satellite link (OISL) capability that uses infrared lasers to send data directly between satellites. We’ve completed multiple successful demonstrations of OISL technology during our Protoflight mission, maintaining 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) links over a distance of nearly ...
16 déc. 2020 · We recently completed initial development on the antenna for our low-cost customer terminal, a critical part of the Kuiper System that allows customers to connect to satellites passing overhead. The Ka-band phased array antenna is based on a new architecture capable of delivering high-speed, low-latency broadband in a form factor that is smaller and lighter than legacy antenna designs. Our ...
16 nov. 2023 · Amazon started Project Kuiper with a goal of providing fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Within 30 days of sending two prototype satellites into space, Project Kuiper has achieved a 100% success rate for its Protoflight mission, validating key technologies that underpin the network and moving the program another step closer toward that long ...
6 oct. 2023 · Jeff Bezos, the founder of the online retail giant Amazon, is expanding his interests in space. On Friday he launched two prototype satellites for a broadband mega-constellation he calls Project ...
23 août 2023 · Established back in 2019, Kuiper Systems LLC is a subsidiary of Amazon that’s better known by its project name. Named after the icy Kuiper Belt extending from Neptune's orbit, ...
14 mars 2023 · Project Kuiper is also preparing to deploy its first two prototype satellites on the first flight of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket. The upcoming mission will help Project Kuiper engineers gain real-world data on how the systems perform in space and let them test the entire end-to-end communications network. In parallel ...
Organisation. Für die Entwicklung und den späteren Betrieb des Systems ist das Amazon-Tochterunternehmen Kuiper Systems in Washington, D.C. verantwortlich. Das Topmanagement des Unternehmens rekrutierte Amazon aus ehemaligen Mitarbeitern des Konkurrenten SpaceX, der damals selbst die große Internet-Satellitenkonstellation Starlink vorbereitete.
