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Amazon has officially filed an application with the FederalCommunications Commission (FCC) to launch 3,236 broadband satellites
.The online retailer is trying to connect the remaining tens of millionsof people to the internet that don’t have access yet as
part of ProjectKuiper.“The goal here is broadband everywhere,ö Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos saidduring the company’s re:MARS conferen
ce earlier this year whilediscussing the project.The move comes after SpaceX unleashed 60 of its Starlink microsatellitesinto o
rbit back in May. The FCC approved SpaceX’s request in November tolaunch an additional 7,518, bringing up the total of approved
satellitesto almost 12,000.SpaceX received a good deal of criticism from the scientific communityafter the launch, when astron
omers found the new Starlink satellitesturned out to be far brighter than expected, potentially impacting theview of the night
sky.Amazon is planning to release its satellites at altitudes rangingbetween 366 and 391 miles (590 and 630 kilometers) — rough
ly the same asSpaceX’s existing and planned Starlink satellites.Both Amazon and SpaceX are promising that the satellites will d
e-orbitthemselves and burn up in Earth’s atmosphere without adding to thegrowing space debris problem.
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