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 by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2021
Boeing on Wednesday gained US authorization for a project to launch satellites that will provide internet services from space. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said in a statement it had approved a license for the aerospace giant "to construct, deploy, and operate a satellite constellation" that will "provide broadband and communications services for residential, commercial, institutional, governmental, and professional users in the United States and globally." "Advanced satellite broadband services have an important role to play in connecting hard-to-serve communities," said Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC chairwoman. The FCC gave the green light for 147 satellites, the vast majority of which will be in low orbit: 132 could be placed at an altitude of about 600 miles (1,000 km), and 15 would be much higher, between about 17,000 and 27,000 miles. The service will first be available to clients in the United States and then around the world. "Boeing sees a multi-orbit future for satellite technologies," the aerospace company said in a statement. "As the demand for satellite communications grows, diversity will be required across orbital regimes and frequencies to satisfy unique customer demands, and we see V-band as helping to provide some of that diversity," Boeing added. Other satellite constellation projects are already being rolled out by competing companies. US billionaire Elon Musk, head of the space company SpaceX, has already put more than 1,500 satellites into orbit to create the Starlink network, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a similar project called Kuiper. la/jh/dw
Amazon to launch two Project Kuiper satellites next fall Washington DC (UPI) Nov 1, 2021 The first set of satellites Amazon plans to send to space along with Verizon will be launched next fall, according to an experimental launch license filed Monday. The company plans to send up to 3,236 satellites as part of Project Kuiper, a satellite-internet service that will serve rural communities that lack terrestrial infrastructure. Two satellites - called KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 - are prototypes that will be launched by United Launch Alliance on rockets from ABL Space Systems ... read more
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