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Elon Musk's Starlink Reportedly Submits Formal Acceptance of Licence Norms, Could Launch in India Soon
Starlink has reportedly accepted the security and data storage requirements mandated by the Indian government for satellite broadband providers, aiming to launch services in India. The satellite spectrum will be allocated administratively. Elon Musk-led Starlink will compete with providers like Reliance's JioSpaceFiber, Airtel, and Amazon Kuiper, w...
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Reliance Asks Telecom Regulator To Review Reach Of Starlink, Amazon: Report
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance has asked the telecom regulator to review the potential reach of Elon Musk's Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper before awarding satellite spectrum amid concerns local players could suffer, a letter showed on Friday.
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Reliance's Jio Platforms Clears Hurdle in Bid to Launch Satellite Internet in India
A joint venture between Reliance Industries' Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based SES to provide gigabit fibre internet has won approval from the Indian space regulator to operate satellites there, a government executive said.
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Jio May Soon Receive Regulatory Approval for Launch of Satellite Internet Services in India: Report
JioSpaceFiber could launch in India soon, according to a report. Approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) would allow the company to become the first satellite-based giga fibre Internet service in the country, ahead of Elon Musk-led Starlink, Eutelsat Group's OneWeb, and Amazon's Project Kuiper, firms th...
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Meet Rajeev Badyal, Man Who Heads Amazon's New Internet Satellite Project
For a harrowing hour or two, after Amazon.com Inc. launched its first satellites, it appeared the company might have lost one of them. The two prototypes had entered orbit over the Atlantic Ocean at 2:24 p.m.
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Amazon Claims Prototype Satellites for Kuiper Network Operating Successfully
Amazon.com said on Thursday its two prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network have been operating successfully in orbit, with the project on track to start launching operational satellites by mid-2024. The Kuiper internet network is set to compete against billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink.
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JioSpaceFiber Satellite-Based Giga Fibre Internet Service Demonstrated at India Mobile Congress
JioSpaceFiber was demonstrated on Friday at the 2023 India Mobile Congress as mobile network service provider works on launching its satellite-backed Internet services in the country. The new JioSpaceFiber network will compete with Bharti Enterprises' OneWeb, Amazon's Project Kuiper, and Elon Musk's Starlink. It will rely on a network of satellite...
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Amazon Seeks Regulatory Approval to Launch Project Kuiper Satellite Internet Services in India: Report
Amazon's Project Kuiper could be launched in India in the coming months, as the US based company has applied for approval to operate its satellite-based broadband internet services in the country. Amazon's Kuiper Systems will rely on a constellation of 3,236 satellites that are located in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide access to low-latency and...
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Amazon Launches Its 1st Pair Of Prototype Satellites For Internet Network
Amazon's first pair of prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network were launched to space on Friday from Florida.
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Amazon Board Sued by Shareholder Over Blue Origin Launch Contracts for Project Kuiper
An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board alleging directors failed to fully vet a decision to award launch contracts for the company's Project Kuiper satellite project to Blue Origin, Bezos's space company. The lawsuit claims that the Amazon board did not consider rival Elon Musk-owned SpaceX as an a...
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Amazon Switches Spacecraft for Launching Internet Satellites Next Month
Amazon plans to launch its first pair of prototype internet satellites late next month on a different rocket than previously planned, to avoid mounting rocket delays. The company will launch the first two satellites for Amazon's Kuiper program aboard a dedicated Atlas V rocket from the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture.
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NASA Offers Brazil Satellite Imaging To Help Stop Amazon Deforestation
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Brazilian space research center INPE on Wednesday and proposed extending satellite partnerships with the United States to help monitor and prevent destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
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Amazon To Invest $120 Million To Build Internet Satellite Facility At NASA
Amazon said Friday it will invest $120 million to build a satellite construction facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, as part of its plans to launch a space internet service to rival SpaceX's Starlink.
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Amazon Is Building $120 Million Processing Facility at NASA's Space Center
Amazon is building a $120 million (nearly Rs. 980 crore) processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its thousands of planned Kuiper internet satellites, the company and state officials said Friday. The 1,00,000 square-foot building is part of the roughly $10 billion (nearly Rs. 82,000 crore) that Amazon has vowed to invest in...
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
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Elon Musk's Starlink Reportedly Submits Formal Acceptance of Licence Norms, Could Launch in India Soon
Starlink has reportedly accepted the security and data storage requirements mandated by the Indian government for satellite broadband providers, aiming to launch services in India. The satellite spectrum will be allocated administratively. Elon Musk-led Starlink will compete with providers like Reliance's JioSpaceFiber, Airtel, and Amazon Kuiper, w...
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Reliance Asks Telecom Regulator To Review Reach Of Starlink, Amazon: Report
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance has asked the telecom regulator to review the potential reach of Elon Musk's Starlink and Amazon's Kuiper before awarding satellite spectrum amid concerns local players could suffer, a letter showed on Friday.
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Reliance's Jio Platforms Clears Hurdle in Bid to Launch Satellite Internet in India
A joint venture between Reliance Industries' Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based SES to provide gigabit fibre internet has won approval from the Indian space regulator to operate satellites there, a government executive said.
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Jio May Soon Receive Regulatory Approval for Launch of Satellite Internet Services in India: Report
JioSpaceFiber could launch in India soon, according to a report. Approval from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) would allow the company to become the first satellite-based giga fibre Internet service in the country, ahead of Elon Musk-led Starlink, Eutelsat Group's OneWeb, and Amazon's Project Kuiper, firms th...
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Meet Rajeev Badyal, Man Who Heads Amazon's New Internet Satellite Project
For a harrowing hour or two, after Amazon.com Inc. launched its first satellites, it appeared the company might have lost one of them. The two prototypes had entered orbit over the Atlantic Ocean at 2:24 p.m.
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Amazon Claims Prototype Satellites for Kuiper Network Operating Successfully
Amazon.com said on Thursday its two prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network have been operating successfully in orbit, with the project on track to start launching operational satellites by mid-2024. The Kuiper internet network is set to compete against billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink.
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JioSpaceFiber Satellite-Based Giga Fibre Internet Service Demonstrated at India Mobile Congress
JioSpaceFiber was demonstrated on Friday at the 2023 India Mobile Congress as mobile network service provider works on launching its satellite-backed Internet services in the country. The new JioSpaceFiber network will compete with Bharti Enterprises' OneWeb, Amazon's Project Kuiper, and Elon Musk's Starlink. It will rely on a network of satellite...
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Amazon Seeks Regulatory Approval to Launch Project Kuiper Satellite Internet Services in India: Report
Amazon's Project Kuiper could be launched in India in the coming months, as the US based company has applied for approval to operate its satellite-based broadband internet services in the country. Amazon's Kuiper Systems will rely on a constellation of 3,236 satellites that are located in low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide access to low-latency and...
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Amazon Launches Its 1st Pair Of Prototype Satellites For Internet Network
Amazon's first pair of prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network were launched to space on Friday from Florida.
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Amazon Board Sued by Shareholder Over Blue Origin Launch Contracts for Project Kuiper
An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against founder Jeff Bezos and the Amazon board alleging directors failed to fully vet a decision to award launch contracts for the company's Project Kuiper satellite project to Blue Origin, Bezos's space company. The lawsuit claims that the Amazon board did not consider rival Elon Musk-owned SpaceX as an a...
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Amazon Switches Spacecraft for Launching Internet Satellites Next Month
Amazon plans to launch its first pair of prototype internet satellites late next month on a different rocket than previously planned, to avoid mounting rocket delays. The company will launch the first two satellites for Amazon's Kuiper program aboard a dedicated Atlas V rocket from the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture.
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NASA Offers Brazil Satellite Imaging To Help Stop Amazon Deforestation
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson visited Brazilian space research center INPE on Wednesday and proposed extending satellite partnerships with the United States to help monitor and prevent destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
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Amazon To Invest $120 Million To Build Internet Satellite Facility At NASA
Amazon said Friday it will invest $120 million to build a satellite construction facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, as part of its plans to launch a space internet service to rival SpaceX's Starlink.
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Amazon Is Building $120 Million Processing Facility at NASA's Space Center
Amazon is building a $120 million (nearly Rs. 980 crore) processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its thousands of planned Kuiper internet satellites, the company and state officials said Friday. The 1,00,000 square-foot building is part of the roughly $10 billion (nearly Rs. 82,000 crore) that Amazon has vowed to invest in...
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
