Amazon ya gina sabon wurin tauraron dan adam na Florida don abokin hamayyarsa na Starlink

Abokin hamayyar Starlink na Amazon, Project Kuiper, yana matsawa kusa da ɗagawa. Kamfanin sanar a yau cewa wani sabon wurin sarrafa tauraron dan adam na dalar Amurka miliyan 120 don shirin yana kan aikin a Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Kennedy da ke Florida. Amazon yana shirin kaddamar da tauraron dan adam na farko "a cikin watanni masu zuwa," sannan kuma na farko matukan jirgi na abokin ciniki a shekara mai zuwa.

Kamar Elon Musk's Starlink, Project Kuiper yana da niyyar samar da watsa shirye-shiryen tauraron dan adam mai sauri kuma mai araha ga wuraren "marasa amfani ko rashin kulawa ta hanyar intanet na gargajiya da zaɓuɓɓukan sadarwa." (Shiri ne na Amazon amma yakamata ya ji daɗin kyakkyawar alaƙa da Blue Origin, mallakar wanda ya kafa Amazon Jeff Bezos.) Project Kuiper ya fara a cikin 2018, yana karɓar lasisin tauraron dan adam FCC shekaru biyu bayan haka. Kamfanin yana shirin ƙirƙirar taurarin tauraron dan adam 3,236 don samar da hanyoyin sadarwa mara kyau ga masu amfani da karkara. Amazon bai riga ya sanar da farashin masu amfani ba, amma yana nuni ga tsare-tsaren abokantaka na kasafin kuɗi, cewa, "Rayuwa shine maɓalli mai mahimmanci na Project Kuiper." Har ila yau, kamfanin yana da niyyar bayar da matakan saurin gudu/farashi da yawa.

Za a hada tauraron dan adam na Kuiper a wani sabon “sabon masana’antu na zamani” a Kirkland, Washington, a karshen shekarar 2023. Sabuwar shigar da Florida za ta karbi jigilar tauraron dan adam, yin shirye-shirye na karshe gabanin tura su kasuwanci. Amazon ya ce an tabbatar da ƙaddamar da shi daga Blue Origin, Arianespace da United Launch Alliance (ULA). Yawancin rukunin za su tura daga tashar jiragen sama na Cape Canaveral ta Florida, kusa da sabon wurin sarrafa.

Amazon ya yi la'akari da aikin Kuiper da ake tsammani zai ƙirƙira. Ya ce sama da mutane 1,400 sun riga sun yi aiki a kai, kuma kamfanin yana tsammanin shirin zai tallafa wa dubban masu samar da kayayyaki da ƙwararrun ayyuka - musamman a Alabama, Florida da Colorado.