The space industry is agitated by the new project of the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, called Kuiper. The plan is to place in orbit a constellation of 3,236 satellites to provide high-speed Internet around the globe.
The provision of broadband Internet services to digital deserts is also the goal of another company called OneWeb, which intends this summer in Florida, USA, to build two satellites per day to create a constellation of more than 600 satellites. These satellites will be commissioned until 2021, the company said.
SpaceX billionaire Ilona Mask also demonstrates activity in this field: the company recently received permission to deploy 12,000 satellites in orbit at various altitudes as part of the Starlink constellation.
In addition, in the modern world there are a large number of other projects that are in the initial stages of development or are limited to lower levels of funding.
At the international conference Satellite 2019, held in Washington this week, industry professionals expressed concerns about the invasion of Bezos, the founder of the Amazon Internet platform, into the satellite Internet market. According to the experts, Bezos can arrange a bloodbath for the players of this market, squeezing them out of the sector at low prices.
Satellite Internet is practically not used in large cities, where cable and fiber optic data transmission methods dominate, but it is needed in remote corners of our planet. In addition, satellite Internet is used on airplanes and watercraft, therefore, the expansion of the satellite Internet market will provide an opportunity to use high-speed data transmission during flights and sea travel.
The struggle for the satellite Internet market
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