Some companies (more than one) are planning on launching 4,000 satellites each.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sterling Jacobson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 2:09:57 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Iridium 2.0? 900 f’n satellites? Jeez, isn’t there some sort of international consortium that says that’s more than enough? That’s going to be over 1Tbps capacity network wide? That should definitely help the digital divide for remote areas. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rory Conaway Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 1:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Iridium 2.0? None of these guys know what’s about to hit them with Viasat 2 and Viasat 3. Other than the latency for gaming and voice, Viasat 2 can hit up to 1Gbps and it goes live in January. Viasat 3 will by up by 2019 or 2020 and several times faster than Viasat 2. Rory From: Af [ mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 10:47 AM To: Animal Farm < [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Iridium 2.0? Sure...fill up the sky with more stuff, how the hell are my buddies supposed to navigate through safely? Lots of people still need to be probed Jaime Solorza On Jul 5, 2017 10:21 AM, "Lewis Bergman" < [email protected] > wrote: OneWeb Satellites Preps for Global Broadband Service OneWeb Satellites cranked up its assembly line last week in Toulouse, France to begin end-to-end validation, testing, and integration of its first satellites set for launch in just over nine months. The move comes after the FCC granted the company authority to access the U.S. market using its proposed non-geostationary Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. OneWeb says its satellites will enable carriers and ISPs to offer affordable broadband access in rural areas. OneWeb Satellites is a joint venture between OneWeb communications and Airbus Defense and Space. The Toulouse factory will validate production methods for a larger factory near the Kennedy Space Center, FL. The company plans to initially launch 10 satellites, and grow the constellation to 900 satellites to offer high-speed internet with global coverage and bridge the digital divide by 2027.
