Riaan Itheminali yamakhasimende “ejwayelekile”, emaphakathi ne-trio yama-antenna esathelayithi e-Project Kuiper ngaphansi kwamayintshi ayi-11 wesikwele futhi inesisindo esingaphansi kwamaphawundi amahlanu.
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WASHINGTON — I-Amazon uveze izintambo ezintathu zesathelayithi ngoLwesibili, njengoba inkampani ilungiselela ukuthatha I-SpaceX I-Starlink enenethiwekhi yayo ye-inthanethi ye-Project Kuiper.
Umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe uthe inguqulo “ejwayelekile” ye-antenna yesathelayithi, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-terminal yamakhasimende, kulindeleke ukuthi ibize i-Amazon ngaphansi kuka-$400 iyinye ukuyikhiqiza.
“Zonke izinqumo zezobuchwepheshe nezebhizinisi esibe nazo zigxile kulokho okuzoletha ulwazi olungcono kakhulu kumakhasimende ahlukene emhlabeni jikelele, futhi uhla lwethu lwamatheminali amakhasimende lubonisa lezo zinketho,” kusho uRajeev Badyal, iphini likamongameli wezobuchwepheshe e-Amazon weProject Kuiper, kusho uRajeev Badyal. esitatimendeni.
Iphrojekthi Kuiper Uhlelo lwe-Amazon lokwakha inethiwekhi yamasathelayithi ayi-3,236 emzileni ophansi woMhlaba, ukuhlinzeka nge-inthanethi enesivinini esikhulu kunoma yikuphi emhlabeni. I-Federal Communications Commission ngo-2020 igunyaze uhlelo lwe-Amazon, lapho inkampani ithe “izotshala imali engaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyishumi zamaRandi” ukuze kwakhiwe.
Ama-antenna e-Kuiper
Inguqulo “ye-ultra-compact” ye-Project Kuiper
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Umklamo “ojwayelekile” ukala ngaphansi kwamayintshi angu-11 wesikwele nogqinsi oluyiyintshi elingu-1, futhi unesisindo esingaphansi kwamaphawundi angu-5. I-Amazon ithi idivayisi izoletha isivinini kumakhasimende “kufika ku-400 megabits ngomzuzwana (Mbps).”
Imodeli “i-ultra-compact”, i-Amazon ethi incane kakhulu futhi iyathengeka kakhulu, idizayini yesikwele esiyi-intshi engu-7 enesisindo esingaba iphawundi elilodwa futhi izohlinzeka ngesivinini esingafika ku-100 Mbps. Ngaphezu kwamakhasimende okuhlala, i-Amazon ihlela ukunikeza i-antenna kumakhasimende kahulumeni nawebhizinisi ngezinsizakalo ezifana “nokuhamba phansi kanye ne-inthanethi yezinto.”
IPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu Wamadivayisi Nezinsizakalo e-Amazon uDave Limp wenqabile ukusho ukuthi kubiza malini ukwenza uthi lwe-ultra-compact ngalunye, kodwa utshele i-CNBC ukuthi “kuyabiza” ukwenza kunemodeli evamile.
Imodeli yayo enkulukazi “ye-pro”, engamayintshi angu-19 ngamayintshi angu-30, imele inguqulo yomkhawulokudonsa ophezulu kumakhasimende afuna kakhulu. I-Amazon ithi le antenna izokwazi “ukuletha isivinini esifika ku-gigabit eyodwa ngomzuzwana (Gbps)” ngesikhala. U-Badyal utshele i-CNBC ukuthi kunezinhlobonhlobo zamabhizinisi kanye nezicelo zikahulumeni zochungechunge lwe-pro, njengokuthi “izinsimbi zikawoyela phakathi nolwandle” noma “imikhumbi efuna umkhawulokudonsa omningi,” njengemikhumbi yezempi.
Itheminali yamakhasimende yenkampani “Pro”, enkulu kunazo zonke ezintathu zama-antenna esathelayithi e-Project Kuiper engamayintshi angu-19 ngamayintshi angu-30.
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I-Amazon ayikasho ukuthi ilindele ukuthi izindleko zesevisi zanyanga zonke zamakhasimende e-Project Kuiper zibe yini.
Ekuboniseni amakhasimende okuqala ama-antenna ayo, uLimp uthe ubabone “ethakasela” ngohlelo.
“Bamangele ngamaphoyinti entengo, bamangale ngokusebenza kosayizi, futhi [the antennas] zisesimweni esiqinile ngakho awekho ama-motor,” kusho uLimp etshela i-CNBC.
I-Amazon ithe ilindele ukuqala ukukhiqiza amasathelayithi ezentengiselwano ngobuningi ekupheleni kwalo nyaka. U-Limp utshele i-CNBC ukuthi uma indawo yokukhiqiza yase-Amazon seyakhiwe ngokugcwele, inkampani ilindele ukukhiqiza “amasathelayithi amathathu kuya kwamahlanu ngosuku ngesilinganiso.”
“Sizokwengeza kuleyo volumu,” kusho uLimp.
Isidingo se-Amazon sokwethulwa kwamarokhethi
Amasathelayithi amabili okuqala enkampani ahlelelwe ukwethula umkhankaso wokuqala werokhethi ye-Vulcan ye-United Launch Alliance, ehlelelwe uMeyi.
U-Badyal utshele i-CNBC ukuthi i-Amazon ilindele ukwenza “ama-tweaks amancane” kusukela kuma-prototypes kuya enguqulweni yezohwebo, njengoba amasathelayithi “acishe afane” kodwa amele okokuqala ngqa ukuthi i-hardware yenkampani indiza emkhathini.
Iprototype yenkampani iPrototype Kuiper ithunyelwa ngamasathelayithi ukuze yethulwe.
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Nakuba i-Amazon kusamele ibonise amasathelayithi ayo, noma iveze imininingwane eminingi, uLimp uphawule ukuthi umkhumbi-mkhathi i-Kuiper “uyisisindo esikhulu” kunesizukulwane sokuqala samasathelayithi e-SpaceX’s Starlink, kanti i-Amazon ihlose “i-Goldilocks-sizing.” Futhi i-Amazon ilindele ukuthi ukusebenza kwamasathelayithi ayo e-Kuiper “kuwenze kahle kakhulu” uma kuqhathaniswa ne-Starlink, ngokusebenza okulindelekile kokucubungula kufika ku-terabit eyodwa ngomzuzwana (Tbps) wethrafikhi. Amasathelayithi kulindeleke ukuthi abe nesikhathi sokuphila esikhaleni esingaba iminyaka eyisikhombisa, ngaphambi kokuthi adinge ukushintshwa.
Ukwethulwa kwamasathelayithi okukhiqiza kuhlelwe ukuthi kuqale engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2024, nensizakalo yokuqala ehlelelwe ukuthi uma inkampani isinamasathelayithi angamakhulu ambalwa ku-orbit, kuphawula uLimp.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-Amazon yamemezela isivumelwano esikhulu samarokhethi senkampani emlandweni wembonifuthi ibhukhe ukwethulwa okungu-77 – amadili ahlanganisa izinketho ezengeziwe lapho kudingeka – kusukela ezinkampanini ezihlukahlukene ukuze zikhiphe amasathelayithi ngokushesha ngokwanele ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zokulawula.
U-Limp uthe lokho kwethulwa kusho ukuthi i-Amazon “inenele ukuthola iningi lezinkanyezi phezulu” emkhathini.
“Angicabangi ukuthi usuqedile ukucabanga mayelana nomthamo wokwethula, kodwa sizizwa kahle kakhulu ngalokho esinakho emabhukwini ama-oda,” kwengeza uLimp. “Uma izimoto ezintsha zingena ku-inthanethi, ezincintisana kakhulu, sizokubheka.”
Ngokuphawulekayo, i-Amazon ayikathengi ukwethulwa ku-SpaceX, isiqalisi serokhethi saseMelika esisebenza kakhulu. Esikhundleni salokho, i-Amazon ithathe izimbangi ezahlukahlukene, ithenga ukugibela ikakhulukazi kumarokhethi angakaqali.
“Anginalo udaba lwezenkolo ukuthi ngingathengeli umthamo ku-SpaceX, bayirokhethi ethembeke kakhulu, kodwa iFalcon 9 ngokwezomnotho bekungelona irokhethi elingcono kakhulu kithina,” kuchaza uLimp.
Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe i-Amazon ingacabanga yini ukuba nesistimu yamarokhethi ukuze isekele ukwethulwa kwayo, uLimp uthe, “Angisoze ngasho embuzweni onjalo” kodwa inkampani ibheka ukuthengwa ezindaweni “lapho ungathola khona okuthile okuhlukanisiwe futhi kuyinto lapho. akusetshenzwa kahle.”
U-Limp waphawula ukuthi kuyisimo esihlukile kunento efana ne-“Prime Air,” inkampani yezindiza ethwala impahla yenkampani, njengoba leso kwakuyisimo lapho isibikezelo senkampani sokukhula kwe-e-commerce sasiphezulu kunabahlinzeki bezokuthutha abafana ne-FedEx noma i-UPS noma i-USPS eyayikholelwa kuyo.
“Besisebenzisa umthamo omningi oweqile … kuthe uma seyiyeka ukusebenza sabe sesiwubheka,” kusho uLimp. “Kube khona uguquko kukho ekuhlinzekeni kahle izidingo zethu. Njengamanje, angikuboni lokho ngokombono we-rocket. Kuningi ukwethulwa laphaya.”
