The space race between tech giants has a new chapter with Amazon, which has just received authorization to launch 3236 satellites to offer a global internet coverage from its constellation known as Kuiper project. In this way, the company led by billionaire Jeff Bezos seeks to compete with the network Starlink that develops Elon Musk with your aerospace signature SpaceX.
The initiative Kuiper project Amazon will have a satellite deployment at an altitude of between 590 and 630 kilometers. In this way, Amazon plans to be a wholesale provider of high speed and low latency satellite Internet in remote areas where there is no terrestrial infrastructure.
The proposal had the approval of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States and now it remains to define on the part of Amazon the putting into orbit of the satellites. Bezos has Blue Origin, an aerospace company developing the rocket New Glenn, but different from SpaceX it has not yet made operational flights.
With the arrival of Amazon, low-Earth orbit became a new area of dispute, which still requires regulation due to the difficulties generated by increased traffic in this area, in addition to the potential risks of collision with the remnants of space junk. In turn, satellites of the constellation Starlink of SpaceX was criticized by astronomers due to the difficulties generated by the reflection generated by its solar panels during exploration and investigation of the sky.
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