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I recall looking at this a while ago, but I couldn't seem to find what kind of RF hardware amazon is using, is there any information on that?


They have some information about the frequencies stuffed at the bottom of their FAQs. One omission that bugs me is that they don't tell you the location of the ground stations, which can be a dealbreaker for whether or not this is effective


It's leveraging Lockheed technology [1].

[1] https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/verge.html


Thanks a lot! Will give that a watch.


Per the Details page:

"You can connect with any satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO) operating in X-band and S-band frequencies, including: S-band uplink and downlink, X-band narrowband and wideband downlink."


I don't think AWS are involved in the satellites themselves, they are simply making access to ground station equipment available over the net.


Mmm, I'm curious about what transmitter/receiver/antenna, they're using on the ground.




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