07 June 2021
Bezos to join auction winner on first crewed New Shepard flight
... future, after this auction.” Blue Origin, which has been funded with billions of dollars from the Amazon founder, recently lost out to SpaceX over a NASA contract for the space agency’s Human Landing System...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... decarbonisation of the global economy. Two prototype satellites for Amazon’s project Kuiper are planned for launch later in 2022... Systems new RS1 rocket. The satellites will allow Amazon to test communications and networking technology, and help ...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
... Planet’s headquarters in San Francisco, California. In 2002, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos issued his apocryphal ‘API Mandate’ memo (...Programming Interface), which would form the backbone of Amazon company operations. The companies that thrive today tend...
05 March 2021
For the first time, organic materials essential for life have been found on the surface of an asteroid
... chemistry has changed over time. How do they know this? By examining Amazon; a tiny speck of dust, approximately 30 µm (micrometers) across at... had cooled down,” Chan added. Being able to study ‘Amazon’ to such a high degree of precision has been a ...
June 2015
Drone regulation in the European Union amid a thriving market
...are several major organisations considering parcel deliveries by RPAS. Amazon has been authorised to carry out tests by the FAA...in the United States with RPAS operated by remote pilots.20 Amazon is also testing this Prime Air concept in the United ...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... meanwhile, continues to be abuzz with Non-GEO HTS constellations, yet another major opportunity for a cloud play. Amazon’s $10 billion commitment to its Kuiper constellation places it alongside other major non-GEOs, notably SpaceX (Starlink), OneWeb...
