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Last month, the number of Kuiper satellites online Amazon has barely got into three digits. Until last week, the world’s largest retailer set out his first Wi-Fi supply contract in the airline I have already concluded a contract to use Spacex Starlink Mega-Contellation.

The first airline has always been a must that made a transition to Amazon’s low satellite network and experience the key to the Kuiper fast, reliable connection project. And the decision JetBlue press the services In the plane election starting from 2027 And improves its Fly-Fi in flight Wi-Fi still leaves Amazon with a wide break to overcome to catch up with Starlink, the customers of the airline whose similar Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines and Air France.

But Amazon’s young celebration introduces a fresh problem in the satellite market where Starlink Spacex has increasingly acted as a dominant player, despite the competition of Oneweb Eutelsat, Chinese space and Viasat. To be sure, Amazon’s Project Kuiper Constreellation is Still in Its Early Days, with A Mere 102 Satellites in Orbit – A Drop in the Sea Compared with the 1,600 Units the Federal Communications Commission Requires 3,236 that Jeff bezos’ Company Targets by July 2029. Kuiper’s Numbers of Active Satellites Dim even further, compared with the 8.393 satellites This Starlink has been in orbit since September 8, from 12,000 spacecraft spacecraft allowed to launch the FCC on the initial approval.

Suffice it to say that Musk’s Starlink has a starting edge on scale, helping a significant launch capacity. The company impressive scored 100 launches Falcon 9 by mid -August, With 72 of these space fields The Starlink satellites carries. Meanwhile, only in January this year, the blue origin of Bezos started the maiden flight of a new glen rise, which nevertheless All the way back in 2022.

At this interval, the first batch of Kuiper Amazon reached low orbit provided by the services of other commercial providers such as the atlas atlas atlas atliss atliance atliance atlianc Given the previous satellite hostility of Moscow and Bezos – Space X Falcon 9. ARENESPACE also has a Kuiper’s 18 launch contract, 16, which will be performed by ARENE 64.

There is a reason why the satellite internet provision is heated. Global satellite operators have planned approximately 70,000 Lion satellite plans from launch between 2025 and 2031, According to the March report Goldman SachsThe head of which at that time the head of the technology of Greater China Allen Chang believes that “the main use for satellite Internet technology will be the future 6g.” While the 6G commercial deployment is not expected at least five years, the LOO satellite service is likely to benefit Approximately 2.5 billion people – or 30.5% of the world’s population lacking, as well as users in remote, destroyed by war or sparsely populated regions.

Spacex is not sitting in a hilling By the end of 2025. Only this week the company has agreed Approximately $ 17 billion transaction To buy the licenses for the wireless spectrum of Echostar and 5G Business Suter Starlink, with President SpaceX and Gwins Shotwell CEO Hi shopping On social media as another step “To promote our mission to stop the mobile zones of the dead everywhere on the ground!”

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