Project Kuiper
- November 6, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Project Kuiper
Subject – Science and Tech
Context – Amazon Seeks US Approval to Deploy 4,500 Additional Satellites for Internet Project
Concept –
- Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
- Amazon didn’t provide a timeline for deployment of Project Kuiper’s satellites or for the start of internet service. Nor did it say how much the service might cost.
- The project’s code name, which pays tribute to the late planetary scientist Gerard Kuiper and the solar system’s far-flung, icy Kuiper Belt, isn’t likely to end up being the name of the service once it goes commercial.