Amazon’s Kuiper is usually compared with SpaceX’s Starlink. However, that comparison discounts Amazon’s primary business and the possible other ways the company makes money off the internet.
Amazon Kuiper: More Than LEO Broadband
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A Learning Opportunity: Blue Origin’s New Shepard Failure
When launch gives you lemons, learn. And then pass along the lessons.
Radian’s Laden Spaceplane; A LEO Economy?
Not every topic lends itself to Monty Python quotes, but when a serious startup makes it easy…well… Also, some helpful space industry observations from Deloitte.
Seeing Infrared, Part 2: Similar Missions, Similar Capabilities
Part 2: The more SMC spends on infrared systems, the more they stay the same...maybe. At least when compared with SBIRS.
A Grudging Look at National Space Policy
The new National Space Policy guidelines for commercial space look like the old Space Policy guidelines. Is there anything new?
Examining Realities in ISS Commercialization
Does a commercial launch option for human spaceflight mean anyone can afford a stay on the ISS? Probably not.
Back to Virgin Orbit, & the U.S. Army Talks “Starship Troopers”
Will Virgin Orbit be the cheapest smallsat launch provider? Only if it actually launches a rocket. The U.S. Army wants a rocket...for tanks.
Examining Microsoft’s Azure Orbital
Microsoft’s announcement a few days ago at its Ignite developer conference about Azure Orbital builds on the company’s experience with...
“Foolish and Dangerous Thinking”
Now and then, someone pens an alarm about China’s space activities. To be clear, this sort of thing is misguided and factually...
India, the Pandemic, European Entrepreneurs
India's ISRO provides the reason for no 2020 launches so far, and where exactly are the European entrepreneurs for space?
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