{"id":53876,"date":"2023-03-15T01:08:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/amazon-exec-dave-limp-unveils-project-kuiper-user-terminals\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T01:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T17:08:29","slug":"amazon-exec-dave-limp-unveils-project-kuiper-user-terminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/amazon-exec-dave-limp-unveils-project-kuiper-user-terminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Exec Dave Limp Unveils Project Kuiper User Terminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper will launch its first satellites this spring and expects to be beta testing with customers next year, with plans to put more than 3,000 satellites into Low-Earth Orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Limp, Amazon\u2019s senior vice president for devices and services,  said Project Kuiper\u2019s first two prototype satellites are on a truck headed for Cape Canaveral. He spoke with Via Satellite\u2019s Mark Holmes, Senior Editorial Director at Via Satellite, during a keynote address at the SATELLITE 2023 show.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ub1kyb5NTC5NaMXAa5lw_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20320DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ub1kyb5NTC5NaMXAa5lw_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20320DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ub1kyb5NTC5NaMXAa5lw_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20320DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ub1kyb5NTC5NaMXAa5lw_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20320DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Ub1kyb5NTC5NaMXAa5lw_VS_ShowDaily20202320Day20320DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2023 Day 3 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>Limp said the Kuiper team will \u201clearn a lot\u201d when the satellites launch in May, and reminded the audience that Project Kuiper\u2019s satellites are bigger than many others in the industry because of their symmetric Ka-band architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon wants to eventually build three to five satellites per day, Limp said. \u201cWe want to fill out the constellation as quickly as we can,\u201d he continued. \u201cProduction of satellites launches in earnest in 2024 and by mid-2026 over half the constellation will be up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added the team is under pressure from potential customers to move as quickly as possible and argued that Amazon has unique advantages that will make it a strong competitor against LEO incumbents SpaceX and OneWeb. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a681a47e0005;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a681a47e0005 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a681a47e0006').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a681a47e0006'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a huge amount of fiber,\u201d Limp said. \u201cWe run a huge amount of traffic for the internet.\u201d He explained that a lot of the workloads Project Kuiper will handle will already be in the AWS cloud. \u201cAs workloads move to the cloud, they will be at a data center,\u201d Limp said.<\/p>\n<p>Another advantage for Amazon is its customer service organization, which Limp argued will be an asset for its emerging internet business.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s infamous ability to control costs is another asset for Project Kuiper, Limp continued. \u201cWe have to take the playbook from consumer electronics and bring it into aerospace, rather than the other way around,\u201d he explained. \u201cYou have to get the cost of customer premise equipment dramatically lower; otherwise the business model just doesn\u2019t vet,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have invented our way into a place where the customer premise equipment cost can be lower.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Limp showed the audience images of two antennas, one of which he described as an \u201centerprise antenna\u201d and one \u201ccustomer antenna,\u201d which he described as the \u201clynchpin of the whole system.\u201d The standard customer antenna will measure 11 square inches and deliver data speeds of up to 400 megabits per second. Amazon expects the bill of materials to be under $400.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/marquee-test-akiaisur2rgicbmpehea\/eQkH0HYuRcWgfJDkcAcf_Ultra-Compact%20Customer%20Terminal%20-%20Project%20Kuiper.jpg\"><figcaption>Project Kuiper ultra compact customer terminal. Photo: Amazon Project Kuiper <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Limp also shared a prototype of an even smaller Kuiper terminal, noting that it is \u201cabout the size of an LP record.\u201d This model measures 7 square inches and expected throughput is up to 100 Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>He also showcased a physical prototype of an enterprise-grade terminal designed for enterprise, government, and telecommunications applications. The device measures 19 inches by 30 inches, and will deliver speeds up to 1 gigabit per second.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon\u2019s proprietary Prometheus baseband chip is used throughout the Kuiper architecture, Limp said, and is the key to its business model. Prometheus is an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that combines the capabilities of a 5G base station, a 5G smartphone modem, and a microwave backhaul antenna, Limp said. The chip has helped Amazon develop equipment that is \u201ca tenth of the cost of what it would be if we had bought it off the shelf,\u201d according to Limp.<\/p>\n<p>Limp predicted that Amazon\u2019s satellite-based internet will serve enterprises, government entities, and unconnected residential customers. He noted that this is not just an issue in developing countries and 100 miles from Washington, D.C., consumers are struggling with copper cable and DSL speeds. He noted that the pandemic has underscored the vital importance of broadband, and said that during the pandemic Amazon became \u201cmore convicted about the opportunity\u201d that Project Kuiper represents.<\/p>\n<p>Limp noted that Amazon has made tremendous progress with Kuiper during the last four years, and has built a 1,000 person team. He said Project Kuiper is a way for the company to build a new business and improve society by connecting more people to the internet.  \u201cWith success and scale comes broad responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon will spend roughly $10 billion on Project Kuiper \u201cbefore we see much cash flow,\u201d Limp predicted. But he said the company is comfortable with the investment. \u201cIf we\u2019re successful it can be a very good, large business for Amazon,\u201d he explained. But he conceded that the company has \u201ca lot of work to do to get these satellites into the sky.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 469:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/87kbIiZxSJCZXIXCAM4d_Z6C_8848-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/87kbIiZxSJCZXIXCAM4d_Z6C_8848-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/87kbIiZxSJCZXIXCAM4d_Z6C_8848-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/87kbIiZxSJCZXIXCAM4d_Z6C_8848-640x426.jpg 640w, 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Dave Limp, Amazon\u2019s senior vice president for devices and services, said Project Kuiper\u2019s first two prototype satellites are on a truck headed for Cape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}