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Imagine playing a game of extreme tennis where you are in London and your opponent is in Monaco, 600 miles (1,000km) away. Now you have to keep the ball in play on courts traveling at 17,000 miles per hour. That's essentially what our Kuiper Engineering team just accomplished using space lasers instead of tennis balls to complete connectivity testing of our Kuiper prototype satellites outfitted with onboard optical inter-satellite link (OISL) capabilities. Now imagine the performance, resiliency and low-latency customers can expect with a fully meshed network in space. Game changer. #projectkuiper #amazon #kuiper

Over the past two years, Loft has quietly built the product stack that enables any developer to deploy software apps to Loft satellites, or what we call virtual missions. ⚡ Today, we’re excited to announce YAM-6, the first virtual mission-enabled satellite. YAM-6 will abstract away the hardware by providing access to Loft-owned sensors and compute nodes that support AI. This is a revolutionary shift in the space industry: you don’t have to own a satellite, or even a payload, to operate in space. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Gkld2g

In a groundbreaking move, Amazon has successfully launched the first pair of prototypes for its Project Kuiper satellite internet system. These cutting-edge satellites, Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2, were sent into space aboard United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket, marking a significant milestone in Amazon's mission to create a global satellite internet network. Project Kuiper aims to establish a network of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit, providing high-speed internet access worldwide, especially in remote areas with limited connectivity. This successful launch brings Amazon closer to making high-speed internet access a reality for millions. Competing with SpaceX's Starlink, Amazon has invested over $10 billion in Project Kuiper and recently broke ground on a pre-launch processing facility in Florida. With plans to launch its first production Kuiper satellites in the first half of next year, Amazon is revolutionizing global internet connectivity. #infinityCXC #technology #future #internet #satellite