{"id":112550,"date":"2025-09-03T22:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/112550\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T22:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T22:35:09","slug":"amazons-starlink-rival-project-kuiper-demos-1-gigabit-downloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/112550\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon’s Starlink Rival, Project Kuiper, Demos 1 Gigabit Downloads"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The team behind Amazon’s Project Kuiper<\/a> has posted a video showing the satellite internet service delivering a 1,280Mbps download rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Starlink rival has over 100 satellites in orbit, with more set to launch in the coming weeks and months.\u00a0Amazon still needs to launch additional satellites to offer continuous internet service from space, but Project Kuiper Head Rajeev Badyal said his team has been testing the growing constellation\u2019s download and upload capabilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The clip, taken last week, involves a PC running Ookla\u2019s Speedtest.net, which shows the Kuiper connection topping 1 gigabit to hit a 1,289Mbps download speed. \u201cAs far as we know, this is the first commercial phased array antenna to deliver 1+ Gbps from low Earth orbit. We can\u2019t wait to get it in the hands of our customers,\u201d Badyal wrote on LinkedIn.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s important to note that the 1,200Mbps download rate was achieved via Kuiper\u2019s upcoming \u201centerprise-grade customer terminal,\u201d which Amazon said<\/a> back in 2023 is designed to support gigabit speeds. In contrast, the standard Kuiper dish promises to offer max download speeds of 400Mbps, similar to the existing Starlink dishes from SpaceX.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The other factor is that it\u2019s easier for Kuiper to power the gigabit speeds since the satellite internet system has yet to launch, and thus has plenty of capacity. Under real-world conditions, Kuiper will need to account for multiple customers using the satellite internet service concurrently, says Jianping Pan<\/a>, a computer science professor at the University of Victoria in Canada who researches satellite internet systems.<\/p>\n

Starlink is also preparing to offer gigabit speeds. In June, SpaceX introduced<\/a> a new upgraded $1,999 dish for enterprises. Although it\u2019s currently designed to power “400+” Mbps download rates, the dish is slated to support 1 gigabit speeds sometime next year as SpaceX works to upgrade the Starlink networking with upcoming V3<\/a> satellites.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It’s unclear when Project Kuiper will start serving customers. But Amazon\u2019s satellite internet service is already winning<\/a> federal funds to deliver broadband to underserved areas in certain US states. In Wyoming, Kuiper has been tapped to deliver download speeds of at least 150Mbps. <\/p>\n

In the meantime, Badyal says that he plans to post a video speed-testing Kuiper\u2019s upload rates.<\/p>\n

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