Did Starlink Rival Amazon Project Kuiper Work?

[@jcristina]

Jeff Bezos's Amazon Project Kuiper took a small win with their two satellite internet constellation late last week. Now Jeff has 1,616 more satellites to put into LEO (Low Earth Orbit) before July 2026 and another 1,616 (3,234 total) by July 2029 to not lose his FCC license. Can't he do it? Will Project Kuiper be able to compete with SpaceX Starlink? Will Jeff need to ask Elon Musk's SpaceX for help? After watching please thumbs-up and leave a comment or simply an emoji so I know that you enjoyed the video. I'm offering networking consultation including Starlink setup help which can find at jcristina.com/product/1-hour-consultation I've linked to products that I use in my Amazon shop: www.amazon.com/shop/jcristina Are you looking for a Static IP address and the ability to do Port Forwarding? Get a massive discount with PureVPN by visiting jcristina.com/vpn Uses Promo Code: JCRISTINA for an additional 15% Off. As promised, here is a list of routers I'm currently recommending: Nighthawk: amzn.to/3DnOKqh TP-Link: amzn.to/3pQC6x3 ASUS: amzn.to/3OoaDw5 Don't forget to join my Newsletter: jcristina.com/join and grab one of my eBooks FREE just for being here: jcristina.com/books Super Chats And All Channel Donations Are Warmly Welcome! Thank You! Speedify.com get 20% OFF when using Promo Code: JCRISTINA at checkout or simply go to my direct link: jcristina.com/speed I truly hope you enjoy the video and find value in it! If so, please consider Thumbs Up, Subscribe, and Becoming A Member Of The Channel! For Media & Business Relations Contact 📧 jcristina.com/contact Thank you for supporting the channel! Are you interested in any products that I personally use? Visit www.amazon.com/shop/jcristina or go to the bottom of this description for direct links. If you would like to get a FREE copy of the Prologue to "How To Create A Digital Fort Knox - Backing Up Your Digital Life" or one of my other FREE books, visit jcristina.com/books Consider subscribing to the channel, commenting below, and signing up for my newsletter at jcristina.com/join Highlighted Starlink Hardware I Have Tested In The Past: Ubiquiti amzn.to/3qC554s NetGate amzn.to/3cXiTTv Peplink amzn.to/3OnTsHM UTT Router amzn.to/3nJBLaL TP-link Router #1 amzn.to/3IjkyhP TrendNET Router #1 amzn.to/3nVukx0 TrendNET Router #2 amzn.to/3IGxvm2 Small Battery Backup For Starlink - amzn.to/3ScbcrZ TP-link AX Router - amzn.to/3sf2or8 TP-link Managed Switch: amzn.to/3EQJKZy TP-link Outdoor Access Point - amzn.to/3uqDYfP TP-link Indoor Access Point - amzn.to/3rV6Nzk TP-link Control Module (Gigabit) - amzn.to/3rVBqEx For High-Speed Access Points (e.g. Starlink or Cable) TP-Link Control Module (Gigabit) - amzn.to/3rVBqEx TP-Link AC1900 - amzn.to/3Q28y6N [ Social Media & Additional Connections ] 📦 20% Off Everything jcristina.com - Code YT20 🆓 FREE eBook jcristina.com/ebook 🌒 Dark Moon Teas DarkMoonTeas.com 🎬 KZbin - kzbin.info 🔖 Twitter - twitter.com/JosephCristina 👀 Instagram - instagram.com/JosephCristina 👨‍💼 LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/josephcristina 📖 Facebook - facebook.com/joseph.cristina 📰 Creative Discord Server - community.jcristina.com [ Equipment Used ] 💎 MB ] ASUS - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard - amzn.to/2rmR9LT 💎 CPU ] AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor - amzn.to/2pSCx4S 💎 COOLER ] Corsair Hydro H115i Extreme Liquid CPU Cooler - amzn.to/2rfEpJ2 💎 GPU ] MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card - amzn.to/2rndQ2o 💎 RAM ] Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 - amzn.to/2qo8PIv 💎 SSD ] Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" SSD - amzn.to/2rmXqH8 💎 DISPLAY ] Dell - UltraSharp 34” Curved Monitor - U3415W - amzn.to/2s6pvTs 💡 Video Lighting - amzn.to/2qrDOnH 🎬 Sony ZV-1 - amzn.to/3rFkfFj 🎬 Canon EOS R & Kit Lens - amzn.to/3lEZIC2 🎙 Tascam Mic w/Recorder - amzn.to/39Xb50C 🎙 Electro-Voice RE-20 - amzn.to/37SoBQt 🎙 Zoom H4n Recorder - amzn.to/3oyF2bh 🎙 dbx 286s Compressor - amzn.to/39SLTYY The above are my Amazon affiliate links - If you purchase anything using the links above, you're supporting this channel at no additional cost to you! I appreciate your support!

[@gfsimmons1]

Thank you for the star link content. I am 77 and moved my wife closer to our child as a backup to my care. There’s no cable internet available here. Thanks to your content I have been able to first choose the right provider and install myself. As a caregiver I use the internet as my assistant and safety net as a caregiver. Again thank you.

[@williamriffee3075]

I’m a long time space X Starlink. $120 is expensive but I was able to disconnect a landline from Frontier. That saved me $130.00 per month. Other than the cost of the start up kit. Monthly, though it is net savings.

[@williamriffee3075]

Starlink user

[@BillWiltsch]

Same here, in Mexico, $62 per month, replacing telcel that was $50/mo and speeds of 5-8mbs with outages. Now 156. Can serve me and a few neighbors for much less. We had to buy the telcel equipment too.

[@jcristina]

Likewise. Expensive is relative.

[@stable-shadow]

Yikes Frontier? You must be in WV at that price, that's the only State where frontier can charge anywhere near that amount.... Frontier is outright fraud and massively corrupt if they hassle you, you should check out the . many class action torts against them.... Thank God you escaped Frontier.... Starlink for infinity ♾️

[@danielsacco2608]

Huge difference between getting a couple of satellites to work with a couple of users, and a global network of thousands of ground stations, tens of thousands of satellites in a constellation and millions of users. Baby steps at this point

[@jcristina]

110% facts

[@dchaplin69]

We saw all the growing pains that Starlink went through. Amazon has only begun.

[@jcristina]

Facts

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

They were behind from the start, that has grown to 4-5 years, and is that gap will grow as long as they cannot overtake SpaceX pace. And overtaking SpaceX...seems...somewhat incredible.

[@roberts3889]

Competition is critical. It will be interesting to see how Kuiper progresses.

[@gstar7686]

Project Kuiper is going to need SpaceX's help if they plan on getting the required number of satellites in orbit.

[@jcristina]

Agree

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

@@jcristinaNever going to happen as long as Bezos doesn't GROW UP.

[@WeSRT4]

I don’t think they’ll make it. They don’t have SpaceX… that’s the difference.

[@jcristina]

Agree

[@gi4dtv230]

They'll simply submit an application for an extension as the deadline approaches.

[@honeybadgers1996]

Competition is good. Bezos has long long way to go like you said. I eventually like to see another American company puts out a fast satellite internet service. Will I go with Amazon product...? That's another question, though. Does Bezos even have target prices on his future service? Good info, Joe. Thanks as usual.

[@jcristina]

Competition is so important.

[@stevewalker6936]

Thanks JC. I’m so glad you gave us an update on this subject. I don’t think they will make it, I don’t think they can produce that many satellites in that amount of time much less get that many launches. SpaceX has the production line set up to crank them out already, Jeff still needs to build that too, much less his B4 engines.

[@jcristina]

I hope they can. But it just seems doubtful to me.

[@micah6855]

I agree competition is best. Right now Kuiper can only make the claim they are now a LEO broadband satellite provider. That would be a glass more than 2/1612 view😊

[@OLDMANDOM42.Dominic]

100k!! LET'S GOOOO!!!

[@jcristina]

Rocket Dream 🚀

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

J talking about Project Kuiper is my favorite KZbin video. But we hope we can get Starlink come January.

[@jcristina]

Awesome!! Fingers crossed

[@MikeSiedlecki]

Starting a GoFundMe to get these guys someplace out of the rain.

[@mondaledeireragea7602]

Thanks JC

[@jcristina]

You bet. Thank you for being here

[@mlevass1]

IDK it's going to take some convincing to get my attention, I'll definitely be keeping you in my top alerts to keep us up to date.

[@jcristina]

Blessings.

[@martinphillips4567]

Jcristina , what I as a consumer don't understand, why is the fcc rusing these two big companies to get so many satellite up in space, in a small amount of time. Did they do this when dish & direct TV went head to head 🤔 thank you.

[@jcristina]

Dish only launch a few sats.. He's launch 5000+.. I wish I knew their motive.

[@timmatheson6736]

I have enjoyed Starlink for two years and I guaranty I would not have any Amazon or AT&T internet if it was FREE!

[@Paladin1873]

Why is there a time limit on their license?

[@Fletch001]

IMO it does not matter what Amazon does because they are behind. StarLink has enough sats to cut its monthly fee and always be ahead of the pack. I think SL is over priced but I still use it along with ADSL as a secondary part of my home network.

[@shokowillard]

Project Kuiper is a couple of years ahead on their ground infrastructure in the form of AWS PoPs and fibre backbones and data centres across the whole world, their only challenge is getting satellites into space. If they can get transport from SpaceX they might be some extreme competition.

[@jcristina]

True.

[@Zulonix]

Isn’t ULA dependent on Blue Origin B4 engines… which have a habit of blowing up?

[@jcristina]

Good question.

[@CheeseBeer90]

I have a lot of loyalty towards starlink for a few reasons. It would take a lot to get me to use a different internet service. I wouldn’t have internet without starlink. My first gen beta dish got a gash in the cord and they sent me a new kit for free.

[@BillWiltsch]

Wow- I got a good deal on Starlink for Mexico. $490 for equipment, $62/mo.

[@jcristina]

Sweet

[@robertbenoit5374]

They approved it because Competition is good. The other reason is because Starlink would have the Monopoly because Viasat and Hughes net are not that great. I can't speak of Viasat but Hughes Net charges for every minute that you use. so you basically must watch your usage. Now for Amazon to get this project off the ground, he is going to need all of the outside help he can get or get extremely hot with Blue Origin because his rockets are not flying. Case in point, SpaceX just launched another Falcon9 with more Starlink Satellites. He has another Falcon9 scheduled this week. From what I understand Jeff Bezos has purchased 3 rides on SpaceX to get his project off the ground which is kinda odd buying rides on his competitors rocket.

[@oldmanonthehill8661]

Competition is great , by the time Amazon goes live in 26-27 we are getting fiber from local electric company 😅in this area … wink wink Thanks for the Info

[@jcristina]

True. I think they will either give up or keep us as a commercial Sat service and skip the residential market.

[@shanejohnson77]

77 launches carrying 42 sats... 77 launches at 1.5 launches a week. With 3 confirmed launch partners, we could see 3 simultaneous launches a week at peek but that's not sustainable with those partners. Doable, but by the time they're online they're fighting full V2 Starlink sats when Starship is viable in the near future, not sure it's a target Bezos will hit reliably.

[@jcristina]

Agree. And two of the 3, including his own to space company has yet to launch a Kuiper Sat. Only ULA was successful.

[@stephendenagy3396]

True, Starship if operational, will dwarf the capacity of everyone. Bezos is done.

[@ABCXYZ-jk8me]

BORN-AGAIN GO TO HEAVEN !!!!

[@MoNoShocks]

I love your videos Joe, and I am dying to know, to get to 100,000 subscribers by early 2024, do you need more or less new subscribers per week than Besos will need to launch satellites per week?

[@jcristina]

I need much more new subs per month than Bezos needs rocket launches. 🚀 😂

[@mathewherges397]

To also add: as a Starlink customer... my bill has only once gone up. Mainly it went down though. 🤓 I was paying the $99/month at the start of the BETA, then briefly it did go up one month to $110, now I'm at $90/month. All that said, I think the mobile/maritime versions are a bit high right now, probably because the satellites spend most of their time over water not doing anything(because most of earth is water, lol) so that makes the system more expensive. All of this is why I just don't think that anyone or any other country, until they develop reusability like SpaceX, can really do what SpaceX is doing...it's too expensive initially, but also a lot of work to maintain. SpaceX has said that without Starship, Starlink won't work long term either.... so, there's that too.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

And with the inflation spike of the last year....No little thing.

[@michaeljohnson9760]

"Rival" is a strong word for two satellites.

[@mauricegold9377]

Two prototype satellites.

[@jcristina]

😂

[@HADDEN67]

Amazon or Blue Origin will probably try and buy ULA to increase its launch capability.

[@kree84ever]

If I know the Gov. they will extend it as needed.

[@jcristina]

Good point.

[@daveruggles4450]

Competition is always good for enhancing technology and costs. I am a little concerned that billionaire egos will get in the way.

[@heterosapien]

Shure will be sweet if competition make fast internet dirt cheap, let's hope it don't ruin the night sky for earth based astronomy, can't imagine how all these things up there will avoid hit each other or being crashed by meteors and such, does anyone know how?

[@justTheInfo]

Comparing Starlink to ma-Bell is a disproportionate comparison. Compare the cell phone majors to ma-Bell is correct. There isn't direct competition for Starlink. Maybe Bezos will get his system on line in time and then Starlink will have competition. Looking forward to that.

[@RobertGehringer]

Did you see the article in Interesting Engineering: Russia has legal standing to knock out Elon Musk's Starlink satellites. Seems that letting the Ukrainian military use Starlink makes them military targets.

[@justTheInfo]

I look forward to competition but I am not complaining about Starlink and frankly, don't have a lot of patience for the wieners that do. We are rural. Before Starlink, the only viable option for our location was 4G on the Verizon network. No other network supports our location. I had to pay as much for my 4G router and directional antenna setup as I did for Starlink and I paid $150 /month for genuine unlimited data. Sure, I would be happy if Starlink cost less but I choose to be their customer and am elated with the service.

[@fragile1976]

Isn't China working on a satellite Internet service as well? Kind of feels like the sky is getting smaller.

[@jcristina]

13,500 China is going to launch. I’ll talk about it this week.

[@jackdbur]

Jeffie better be praying for Elon to get Starship operating because that is the only way he could get enough launch volume to meet the first deadline. There is no way that ULA, Arianna & BO can manage that amount of launch volume in the next 31 months, none of them have a current vehicle in service and at least BO & Ariann aren't even test flighting until mid to late next year at best. With ULA using BO's be4 engines BO would need to get their production to several engines per week.😅😂 That is IF they actually work when ULA manages to test flight them next month maybe.

[@MrREDSTAR20]

Wait when did they launch a satellite? I don’t remember them launching one hmm do they have any proof of the satellite? I have my doubts.

[@fredbloggs5902]

The first two prototype satellites were launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on October 06, 2023. It’s not obvious why anyone would lie about it.

[@hanshaw1974]

It was a staged video, they made the point of the rain, this was employees making their boss happy to pay their salaries.

[@jcristina]

I love the rain personally and how the equipment was like getting wet as if they were on a shoe string budget or something. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TheFeaz]

I am all for competition, even between players I don't necessarily like all that much... having said that however, when it comes to Kuiper, given Bezos'/Amazon's reputation for censorship (and worse things), I have absolutely NO desire to see Kuiper succeed in any fashion. I think competition for SpaceX/StarLink would be a great thing, just not from the likes of Amazon / Bezos.

[@mauricegold9377]

What's the point of having ANY Kuiper satellites in orbit if there is no heads-up on receiver hardware and prices? I suppose that the kit could be sold on Amazon, but additionally, the ground receivers must be inexpensive enough for customers to ignore Starlink and go with this new system. What if the kit is unreliable? What if it can't be built down to a price that rivals Starlink? And just how could Kuiper rival Starlink until 2029, if it has only a fraction of the number of Starlink satellites in orbit? And no-one should ignore space-weather: 46 Starlink satellite orbits were degraded before they became operational, due to a sun-storm causing the Earth's atmosphere to become temporarily thicker at altitude, forcing the satellites to be prematurely de-orbited. That was not the end of the world for SpaceX as they have a high-cadence launch capability, and could make up the shortfall in a week or less. Kuiper cannot do that. No-one even knows if Kuiper is designed for commerce or consumers. There is no thrilled anticipation of a rival for Starlink that may be cheaper, faster, more reliable, will work everywhere, even in contended cities. In my opinion, Amazon is not serious enough to try to test public and commercial opinion, because they are terrified that they will fail to get enough satellites into orbit in time. Maybe they will just offer the FCC a few billion dollars so as to not lose their licence in 2029. They can call it 'lobbying'. SpaceX have also gone the extra mile to try to ameliorate a number of issues: the first is the problem with the satellites causing issues for astronomers, which is being addressed with coatings on the satellites; the second is that Starlink satellites are constructed with active de-orbit capability at the end of their lives. In order to maintain and even improve on the number of and the performance of Starlink satellites, SpaceX even now has a high-cadence launch capability. Looking into the future, when Starship comes online, the improved V2 full-size Starlink satellites will have improved capabilities. Kuiper can offer none of that. Every single Kuiper launch is a nail-biter, and every launch requires the construction of a whole new rocket. There cannot be a high-cadence launch system, made even worse if Blue Origin cannot build reliable BE-4 engines.

[@klm062599]

Bezos is going to need to be the luckiest human in the history of rocketry to meet his goals without help from SpaceX. To that end, why would SpaceX even want to help him create a competitive array if satellites!?

[@jcristina]

You might be right.

[@fredbloggs5902]

Every launch provided by SpaceX to Kuiper subsidises StarLink $40m/launch. It’s just business.

[@chrisbrzon3917]

2 satellites does not constitute a functional network. They will never get there without reuseability.

[@OLDMANDOM42.Dominic]

OoooH! I am soo tempted, by the tea!! Dad joke!

[@jcristina]

😆

[@BRADH-xw8sw]

I DONOT think Elon should help Bezos.

[@jcristina]

Point well take. But we know he would.

[@history-stamp]

Jeff can go cry to the FCC commission for an extension. May be with a 10¢ penalty.

[@johnkwolf]

He got Elon to ship the first two up

[@fredbloggs5902]

Wrong, Kuiper used an Atlas-5 by ULA.

[@Soggy__Toast]

Still need a rocket(s) to launch weekly.

[@jcristina]

Yes

[@ericblomquist1975]

I thought you were gonna say that it was working well and I was laughing before I listen to you. I think they can do it but they have no way to get to satellites up into orbit unless Elon steps in bottom line, Elon rocks, Starlink rocks.

[@jcristina]

Or the Russians. Like someone here brought up

[@ericblomquist1975]

@@jcristina way too expensive with the Russians. :))

[@ericsmcmahan]

Joseph Cristina, will u be doing a live chat on Friday? I want to ask u a stupid question.

[@jcristina]

😂 sadly. I will not due to a family obligation.

[@mikeh8374]

You asked so here I am. I personally think Elon has a better understanding of space and Bezos has zero. Elon has lost satellites to the angry sun. Bezos plan doesn't even come close to covering those losses, and I could go on and on.

[@mathewherges397]

That Kuiper demo video was so cringe. "We spent hundreds of millions of dollars to put the shit in orbit, but you get a shitty ass tent in a parking lot in the rain to test it!" WTF!?🤣🤡s

[@mathewherges397]

To put another pin on Amazon... They have a HUGE climb a head of them. SpaceX had already had a reusable rocket system designed and validated prior to even attempting their network. Blue Origin (Amazon space arm... lol) hasn't even developed a rocket that has reached orbit yet, New Glenn. Not saying they can't but it took SpaceX more than 3 years to even land one of the first stages after they started going into orbit. Again, they have a HUGE hill to climb. I wish them luck, however, the odds aren't on their side.

[@johnkwolf]

Elon has gotten a big head he thinks he’s can do anything he mount to now

[@fredbloggs5902]

Ad hominem, provide examples or admit you’re clueless.

[@LestatTravesty]

i want say, he will probably surprise us at some point and really get things moving. but its not looking too promising. i don't know blur origin much and the progress record on that and Kuiper but doesn't seem like no boom of progress is ever gonna happened. it might be one them cases though, where things are done perfectly, taking the overall project take a while to really get moving, but since all the little things are perfect, that its one day, a wow effect. cause things a rolling extremely fast and smooth. cause all the fine details and small/big problems have been ironed out along the way. i think it will be like one of them deals. might be something that i know a little about. when i finally create something that i've been wanted to do, i get caught up along the way, trying to make sure the ins and outs are full proof. aren't gonna be screwing me up later and slowing me down and pissing me off lol... it or Bezos's thing here might be more like that. not a sudden progress boom and suddenly you see all this stuff getting done in a short time frame. what im saying is, Bezos might be seeming to take a while, but when his shi8 is really ready to boom and launch. he might surprise us and be sending up 100 per launch but only doing one great launch per mothing for 6 months and then another boom...doing 300 per month. personally, im rooting for that, that would be pretty sweet to see. i use to wanna rag on Bezos. but in recent years, i like the fact that the guy puts insane shi8 loads of people to work, and around the world taboot. and doing so, all them people and guys can provide for their families and such. i treasure that about these mega money stars, billionaires. the right alot of their wrongs for how much good the actually do, do. through mass employment.