:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/UDDOK5CJV5CU5MITSI5TNVFIJM.jpg)
:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/TRFQARYQ25CLHC3YC4ZCI65UFQ.jpg)
:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/V6ZZZ4HWOVDYZLZBWADR5TFGK4.png)
during the cold WarAnd United State and the Soviet Union They compete against frene to see the winner of the famous space race. Now, in the middle of the century XXI, a new race is taking place, and this time the contestants have the first and last name: Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos.
Jeff Bezos decided to stand up to Elon Musk.
The two chose “Battlefield” billionaires He was space. Last summer first round Regarding the relevant job travels in space Now the second battle will focus on capturing satellite internet.
Tesla founder leaves with advantage in space
At the moment, the founder wins SpaceX And Tesla, Thanks to starlink. despite this, Amazon It recently announced that it will launch a program The first satellites from the internet Project Cooper Starting in the fourth quarter of 2022. In other words, three years after Starlink did its thing.
Thus, the future launch of prototypes KuiperSat-1 y KuiperSat-2, which is awaiting approval from the US Federal Communications Commission, is one of the most ambitious plans ever implemented in space.
The spatial goal set by Amazon
The goal is to provide internet for high speed Wherever we are in the world thanks to a network of 3236 satellites in orbit low floor. Thus, the Kuiper project consists of more than 750 people who collaborate to build the whole communication fabric And Amazon networks at stations located in Washington, Texas, South America and Asia Pacific.
On the other hand, Amazon also announced a month ago that it has decided to cooperate with Verizon get benefit from satellite network What the other company has. In this way, it will be able to enhance the phone brand’s communication systems and extend the Internet to isolated communities.
Read also
“Beeraholic. Friend of animals everywhere. Evil web scholar. Zombie maven.”
More Stories
Closing value of the euro in Haiti on April 25 from EUR to HTG
This is an innovative olive oil designed to be mixed with any type of milk
Dollar: closing price today, April 24, in Bolivia