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Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink passes 'crucial' test (www.space.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Project Kuiper: Amazon's answer to SpaceX's Starlink passes 'crucial' test::Amazon's Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh network that blankets Earth, just cleared a final hurdle needed to launch next year.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is no real danger of Kessler syndrome because these satellites burn up in the atmosphere after a few years anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It could still fuck space up for 3-5 years which would be a pain.