Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink passes 'crucial' test (www.space.com)

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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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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Ah fuck no, can we please stop polluting our low earth orbit with this trash? All of this is a bad idea, bad execution, and there are much better alternatives available

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