Heard a rumor that Apple was wanting to get into the LEO broadband
satellite business too.
You heard it here first.
bp
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On 7/5/2017 12:09 PM, Sterling Jacobson wrote:
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] <mailto:[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]
<mailto:[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
<http://insidetowers.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d1b803ea3d99f4c1c1335a213&id=72046ebfaa&e=cc20c00449>
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.
