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Final test: Amazon’s Project Kuiper begins to deorbit prototype broadband satellites

GeekWire

During a series of short-duration tests, they were used to transmit data for a streaming video, an Amazon purchase, a two-way video call and other applications. The Kuipersat prototypes were launched in October to test the hardware and software systems that will be used for the full 3,232-satellite network. reach full capacity.

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Microsoft joins SAP, Oracle in setting sunset date for legacy ERP support

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft will end product support and updates for Dynamics GP, its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) product for small and medium businesses, on September 30, 2029, the company announced on Tuesday. However, SAP will only provide mainstream maintenance for legacy SAP Business Suite 7 core applications until the end of 2027.

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Kuiper satellite network gets a big lift from Amazon’s CEO, but timeline is a bit hazy

GeekWire

The plan calls for sending 3,232 satellites (down slightly from the originally planned 3,236) into low Earth orbit by 2029. Under the terms of the Federal Communications Commission’s license, half of that total would have to be deployed by mid-2026. Amazon is investing more than $10 billion to get Kuiper off the ground.

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Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

GeekWire

Under the terms of the FCC’s order, Amazon will have to launch half of its satellites by mid-2026, and the rest of them by mid-2029. military applications. “The FCC is requiring Amazon to demonstrate that it will not cause any interference to previously licensed systems from the November 2016 processing round.

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Amazon schedules first Kuiper satellite launches for 2022 using ABL’s RS1 rocket

GeekWire

The timeline for testing what’s slated to become a 3,236-satellite network in low Earth orbit was laid out today in an experimental license application filed with the Federal Communications Commission. Amazon has suggested that it could begin commercial service even before 2026, once the count reaches 578 satellites.

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