Amazon successfully tests laser satellite communications in space

December 15 2023 7

Amazon has successfully tested its laser satellite communications in space. The Internet communications project Project Kuiper should put into orbit satellites with an optical inter-satellite communication system, in which satellites exchange information using infrared laser beams, the company's press service reported.

Technology tested on two satellites KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, launched in October 2023. During the test, it was possible to achieve a communication channel of 100 Gbit/s over a distance of 1000 kilometers. The devices “communicated” using laser beams for an hour. The test showed that the network will be able to maintain communication between several satellites at the same time.

The results ensure that OISLs will operate on our first production satellites, scheduled to launch in the first half of 2024

- Amazon said in a statement.

There are significant advantages to using lasers in space. This system allows you to transmit the Internet to areas where there are no terrestrial stations. These can range from remote regions around the world to remote locations in the ocean.

And the absence of atmospheric interference allows you to achieve high speed information transfer. Using OISL in space, data is transmitted approximately 30% faster than using terrestrial fiber optic cables, the company said.

Such a system could, for example, allow a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean or an airplane on a transatlantic flight to securely transmit data from anywhere on Earth.

Amazon aims to launch 3236 satellites to create an in-orbit broadband network by the first half of 2024. To do this, the company has already established partnerships with United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, Blue Origin and even its competitor SpaceX.

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Sergey Latyshev

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15 December 2023 20: 32

I wonder how the Rogozin trampolines will respond?
sannyhome

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15 December 2023 21: 04

And Russia's share, meanwhile, decreased from 70% of all launches to 5,5%.. But this is bullshit, right? The main thing is that our government officials are the best, and our technologies are super-ultra-duper unique!
borisvt

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17 December 2023 09: 36

Well done Bezos, a successful and commercially promising idea, what more can I say! Surely, judging by the number, the satellites are tiny, the content and stability of the network are important, and there is good competition for Starlink.
To my fellow commentators with an understandably sarcastic position, I can only counter with the example of Glonass. Well, yes, the lag time is long, but it works, and the enemies can’t turn it off)) So, let’s deal with the stale one, and we’ll launch our own network, give it time
1. Elena123
  
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  18 December 2023 09: 30
  
  Glonas has not been launched for 20 years. Glonas is not working. Try to navigate only by Glonas? If you get lost without a compass and map, take a GPS device for rescue. At the moment, we don’t have the ability to launch not only 3200 satellites, we can’t even launch 50.
Colonel Kudasov

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17 December 2023 11: 57

It sounds promising, but why would Amazon, which is engaged in online trading, need this? How this will help deliver goods to customers on cruise ships who ordered something from Amazon is not very clear)
Foe Pshekov

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18 December 2023 00: 56

and why on earth did Amazon and the United States decide that the rest of the planet’s inhabitants would allow them to launch satellites and use the circumplanetary space for free. Personally, I require a rent of $10k per year for that many satellites overhead.
Elena123

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18 December 2023 09: 37

Bezos is not only involved in selling goods on online platforms. His company has multifaceted activities. He's basically a scammer. Elon Musk is another matter.