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Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink passes 'crucial' test (www.space.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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€“] partial_accumen 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Call me a socialist, but the moment the tech was proven either the US or some UN based org should have eminent domained and brought Starlink.

That would have had a functional constellation for about 4 years or so. Without constantly launching new satellites, the constellation would degrade to uselessness. Who's going to buy the rockets and replacement satellites and keep launching replacements?

[โ€“] PlutoniumAcid -1 points 11 months ago

Who? If it's not either profitable or has a distinct benefit, then it does not deserve to exist.