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South Islanders among first to get Elon Musk s Starlink
11 Mar, 2021 07:30 PM
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An artist s impresion of Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. Image / SpaceX
Kiwis will be among the first in the world to give Elon Musk s Starlink a whirl. A Wednesday update on Starlink s official Reddit page, listing its next territories for launch, included New Zealand: launching in parts of the South Island and expanding in the coming weeks
And this morning it added, Starlink is now available in limited supply in New Zealand! An initial beta service will be concentrated in the South Island and expand rapidly across the rest of the country.
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Amazon unveiled a breakthrough Kuiper satellite-internet dish antenna that s 1/3 the size of SpaceX s Starlink device
Amazon unveiled a breakthrough Kuiper satellite-internet dish antenna that s 1/3 the size of SpaceX s Starlink device
Dave MosherDec 18, 2020, 01:01 IST
Amazon is developing a compact phased-array antenna for its forthcoming Kuiper satellite-internet business. Subscribers would use the antennas to connect to the web.Amazon
Amazon on Wednesday revealed a key piece of hardware for Kuiper, its planned fleet of thousands of internet-beaming satellites.
Called a phased-array antenna, the device is the crucial component of a consumer terminal: a device that connects subscribers to the web via overflying Kuiper satellites.
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Amazon on Wednesday revealed a key piece of hardware for Kuiper, its planned fleet of thousands of internet-beaming satellites.
Called a phased-array antenna, the device is the crucial component of a consumer terminal: a device that connects subscribers to the web via overflying Kuiper satellites.
While SpaceX is years ahead of Amazon in deploying and testing its own satellite-internet fleet, called Starlink, the new antenna is nevertheless an important advancement.
The prototype Kuiper antenna is about a foot in diameter, or 34% the size of Starlink s similar antenna. This might make it cheaper to manufacture and easier to install.