Amazon's Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh network that blankets Earth, just cleared a final hurdle needed to launch next year.

Project Kuiper: Amazon’s answer to SpaceX’s Starlink passes ‘crucial’ test::Amazon’s Project Kuiper, which uses optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology to connect more than 3,000 satellites in a mesh network that blankets Earth, just cleared a final hurdle needed to launch next year.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    10 months ago

    What happens when China and Russia send up their own constellations? How many companies and governments are allowed to launch their own? Every new constellation significantly increases the chances of a kessler syndrome in LEO, for minimal gain, beyond maybe 2 for redundancy.

    • Syntha@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      There is no real danger of Kessler syndrome because these satellites burn up in the atmosphere after a few years anyways.

    • wahming@monyet.ccEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      There are reasons to be concerned about the situation. Kessler syndrome is not one of them, not in LEO