Amazon Project Kuiper satellite terminal showed the promised 1 Gbps
Head of Amazon Project Kuiper published a video with the results of channel speed tests on a real terminal
A very interesting detail was published today by the head of Amazon Project Kuiper, Rajeev Badyal, on his LinkedIn profile. Last week, the project team conducted regular tests of the connection speed of the terminal for corporate clients. The test result seems to have fully confirmed the previously declared 1 Gbps receiving speed.
Back in 2023, at the Satellite 2023 conference in Washington, Amazon showed the first images of its terminals. And although most of the parameters of the terminals are still not publicly disclosed and remain closed in the documents of the FCC regulator, some interesting information was still heard.
The stylish and concise external design of the terminals has features characteristic of the entire line, and the dimensions and layout hint at some optimization of serial production. As with the Project Kuiper satellites, the terminals will operate on the platform of the Amazon-developed chip - Prometheus. There are still rumors about the emergence of certain problems with the production of these chips, and therefore the terminals and satellites with them. But it seems that they have been overcome.
The smallest terminal in the line should become an interesting competitor to the Starlink Mini with very similar characteristics in terms of available connection speed - up to 100 Mbps with a dish size of about 18x18 cm.
The medium-sized terminal will have a dish size of about 28x28 cm. and is expected to be able to provide data downloads at speeds of up to 400 Mbps. Which is already a certain claim to better capabilities than Starlink.
But about the largest terminal in the Project Kuiper line, it was reported that with dimensions of about 49x77 cm. it will allow to achieve data download speeds of up to 1 Gbps.! And it seems that the test results confirm this.
The next addition to the Kuiper constellation is expected on September 25 - the launch of the KA-03 mission. We are looking forward to the launch of Project Kuiper services and the opportunity to test whether Kuiper satellite internet can really surpass the currently dominant Starlink services in some way.