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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems to deploy a constellation of 3,236 broadband satellites.
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Amazon must retire the satellites after 7 years and report satellite launches to the FCC regularly.
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The approval requires Project Kuiper to take into account the presence of other inhabitable space stations such as the International Space Station (ISS).
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Project Kuiper plans to lower the satellites' altitude so they can decay from orbit in a year and reduce the probability of collisions.
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Amazon's Project Kuiper aims to provide broadband internet globally, competing with SpaceX's Starlink and OneWeb's constellation.
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The FCC approved SpaceX to launch 7,500 of its desired 29,988 Starlink satellites.
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The FCC requires Project Kuiper to launch half of its satellites by 2026 and the entire constellation by 2029.
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Amazon has booked 83 launches for Project Kuiper with Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance over the next 5 years.
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The FCC's approval is conditional, with measures in place to prevent crashes with other spacecraft and reduce space debris.
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The FCC's new 5-year rule requires satellites to be deorbited no more than 5 years after the end of their mission, compared to the previous 25 years.