36 points | by NN88 3 days ago ago
7 comments
Duplicate of
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43877907 ("We know a little more about Amazon's satellites (arstechnica.com)" — 110 comments)
Honest question: will adding all these satellites sending signals to each other impede the ability for researchers to 'listen' to deep-space events?
Yes. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00792-y
no, but it may make a shorter ping time for intra exchange hft
So was this captured from an unencrypted downlink video feed by a 3rd party?
> This changed with a video Amazon posted on social media Friday, giving space enthusiasts and prospective Kuiper customers their first look at the real satellites.
It's right there in the article.
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Duplicate of
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43877907 ("We know a little more about Amazon's satellites (arstechnica.com)" — 110 comments)
Honest question: will adding all these satellites sending signals to each other impede the ability for researchers to 'listen' to deep-space events?
Yes. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00792-y
no, but it may make a shorter ping time for intra exchange hft
So was this captured from an unencrypted downlink video feed by a 3rd party?
> This changed with a video Amazon posted on social media Friday, giving space enthusiasts and prospective Kuiper customers their first look at the real satellites.
It's right there in the article.
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