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On May 9, at 09:43 a.m. Beijing time, a Chang Zheng-3B rocket launched an experimental Chinese satellite Zhihui Tianwang-01 (Smart SkyNet-0) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China to create the SkyNet space Internet network. 16 or 32 similar satellites will be launched into space in the future to create a global network. […]
Amazon, which launched its first Project Kuiper Internet satellites in October, says it will use space lasers to provide reliable broadband coverage even in the middle of the ocean. This technology will enable the satellite to deliver data to the cruise ship even if the spacecraft is out of range of Amazon’s Internet-connected ground station. […]
Relativity Space, a California-based company specializing in 3D-printed rockets, has signed a multi-year contract to launch Intelsat satellites using its future Terran R rocket. Relativity declined to disclose the value of the contract, but said it would add to a total order book of $1.8 billion for nine Terran R customers, which is due to […]
Amazon is ready to send the first Internet satellites into space. As part of Project Kuiper, the company will launch two vehicles. Amazon intends to launch the Protoflight mission today, on October 6. The company intends to launch KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 Internet satellites into orbit. These are prototypes of future spacecraft. They are designed to […]