The Journal of Space Commerce

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FCC Approves Amazon Project Kuiper Satellite Constellation

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Tom Patton
Aug 04, 2020
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unanimously approved an application from Amazon to deploy and operate a constellation of 3,236 satellites for its Kuiper broadband internet service.

Amazon reported on its "dayone" blog the company will invest more than $10 billion on Project Kuiper. The investment will be used to build and scale the ground…

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