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Amazon’s satellite launch schedule puts it nearly 4 years behind Starlink

Enlarge / Illustration of an ABL RS1 rocket that will carry Amazon broadband satellites. reader comments 76 with 56 posters participating Share this story Amazon plans to launch its first prototype broadband satellites in Q4 2022, which would be nearly four years after SpaceX launched its first prototype Starlink satellites. “This morning, we filed an… Read More »

Verizon will use Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellites to extend 4G and 5G

Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018. reader comments 40 with 30 posters participating Share this story Verizon has made a deal to use Amazon’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to add capacity to the Verizon cellular network and provide fixed-wireless Internet service in rural parts… Read More »