Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully tests satellite space lasers

Image caption: Amazon says “the OISL network enables it to transfer data from one part of the world to another without touching the ground.”.  Image credit: YouTube / Amazon. Article by Mack Degeurin. Popular Science – December 15, 2023.

The technology could one day help provide high-speed broadband to ships at sea and campers in the remote wilderness.

SpaceX and its billionaire CEO Elon Musk may finally have a reason to look over their shoulder in the satellite internet race. On Thursday, Amazon revealed it successfully used a space laser technology called “optical inter-satellite link” (OISL) to beam a 100 gigabit per second connection between two of its Project Kuiper satellites stationed 621 miles apart […]

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