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Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink passes 'crucial' test (www.space.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink passes 'crucial' test::Amazon's Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh network that blankets Earth, just cleared a final hurdle needed to launch next year.

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[โ€“] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 44 points 10 months ago (1 children)

More space trash because the US gave up on running fiber.

[โ€“] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Why give poor people cheap, reliable, fast hardwired access to information when you can give them expensive unreliable satellite access to information.