SMBs around the world are set to benefit from another company that offers super-fast broadband. Amazon has announced the hardware requirements for Project Kuiper. It’s a low (apparent) cost global Internet service with the potential to deliver large amounts of data with low latency.
The online shopping giant and market leader in cloud computing plans to launch a global megacluster of satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) to provide affordable internet access to the world. doing.
LEO is very small because it orbits much closer to Earth than the larger GSO/GEO satellites. This means more LEOs are needed to cover sufficient range. However, given enough ground stations, the extra capacity can deliver large amounts of data with low latency (often around 20-40 milliseconds).
Project Kuiper will use the 17.8-18.6 GHz band and 28.6-29.1 GHz frequencies to communicate with ground stations.
Amazon is currently authorized to deploy and operate its own constellation of 3,236 LEO satellites under Project Kuiper. The company said he would launch half of the constellation by July 2026 (FCC requirement) and the rest by mid-2029, which would put competitors SpaceX Starlink and the UK It lags far behind its home base, OneWeb.
Project Kuiper Kit and Velocity
Project Kuiper ships three customer terminals (dish antennas) to customers. The smallest (7 inch square) is offered to residential customers worldwide. The larger version (11″ square and 1″ thick) is suitable for both business and personal users, and the largest terminal (19″ x 30″) is for high-demand enterprise, telecom, and government customers. Do the same for clients.
The smallest, ultra-compact model offers broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps (megabits per second), the standard model can deliver 400Mbps, and the largest model can deliver up to 1Gbps (gigabits per second). Unfortunately, I still don’t know what upload speed it will achieve or the final latency. However, it is expected to be similar to Starlink’s.
The question arises because businesses are likely to gravitate toward larger terminals. How much does this kit cost?Amazon has yet to reveal pricing or service details for his package, but the tiny terminal he says costs less than $500 (£411). .
Rajeev Badyal, vice president of technology for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, said:
“Our goal with Project Kuiper is not only to connect underserved and underserved communities, but also to delight them with the quality, reliability and value of our services. From day one, we make all technology and business decisions around what provides the best experience for our diverse customers around the world, and our range of customer terminals reflects those choices. “
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