After decades of competing against each other, two Luxembourg-based satellite rivals are weighing a merger to take on a space industry upstart.
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OneWeb has launched the final 36 satellites of its initial 616-satellite “constellation”, allowing the rival of Elon Musk’s Starlink to offer global broadband coverage this year.
Amazon.com plans to launch its first Internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 offering end-user speeds of 400Mbit/s.
Amazon.com is purchasing as many as 83 rocket launches from three providers to deploy the majority of its planned Project Kuiper satellite constellation.
The Russian missile test that shattered a dead satellite this week highlights a growing threat of space debris.
Inmarsat Group, the UK’s biggest satellite company, plans to launch a constellation of low-earth orbit spacecraft and set up 5G wireless networks, joining a new space race against the likes of Elon Musk.
Britain is betting that satellite operator OneWeb will help it boldly go into a post-Brexit era. But it faces formidable challenges to complete a working constellation and rebuild a collapsed venture.