Vodafone and Amazon shoot for the stars while Kuiper satellites remain grounded

Vodafone has linked arms with Amazon's Project Kuiper to extend 4G and 5G services to more regions in Europe and Africa, despite Jeff Bezos' satellite constellation still lacking any spacecraft in orbit. A Vodafone Group spokesperson told The Register it foresees two scenarios: "One where we use Kuiper's LEO satellites to …

[Anonymous Coward]

"Project Kuiper's tie-up with Vodafone Group is evidence that somebody at least believes that Jeff Bezos' fleet of broadband birds will one day become a reality."

Not at all, what it means is that Vodafone Group mas made a decision based against no evidence from reality. Like most decisions that they have made in the last 15 years.

[Gene Cash]

"21 launched on a Falcon 9 at the weekend"

That was notable in that it was SpaceX's 62nd launch this year, which is a new record for most launches in a year.

In contrast, China has 35 orbital launches, India has 7, and Russia has 12.

Oh yeah, and Blue Origin has 0

[druck]

Re: "21 launched on a Falcon 9 at the weekend"

Jeff didn't like that last bit.

[iron]

> Bezos' satellite constellation still lacking any spacecraft in orbit

He needs to figure out how to get to space first. Oh and how to build a rocket.

Jeff's BO has never launched a rocket into space, sub-orbital hops below the Karman Line do not count as anything other than high altitude flight.