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.
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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.