Amazon lanza satélites de prueba para servicio de internet rival de SpaceX

— Amazon lanzó el viernes sus primeros satélites de prueba para el servicio de internet que tiene planeado que compita con la red de banda ancha de SpaceX. El cohete Atlas V de United Launch Alliance despegó con un par de satélites de prueba, dando inicio a un programa que pretende mejorar la cobertura global de internet hasta llegar a 3.236 satélites en órbita. Amazon planea comenzar a ofrecer su servicio para finales del próximo año.

La empresa europea Eutelsat OneWeb también está lanzando satélites de internet, y tiene alrededor de 600 en órbita. Amazon acordó en un principio colocar los satélites en el primer lanzamiento del cohete Vulcan de ULA. Pero el Vulcan presentó problemas y no volará al menos hasta finales del año, por lo que Amazon optó por el Atlas V.

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