Amazon Buys Globalstar to Strengthen a Broader Challenge to Starlink
The $11.57 billion acquisition gives Amazon infrastructure, spectrum, and direct-to-device capabilities for its expanding satellite strategy.
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- Infrastructure
- basic systems such as transport, power, and water
- Orbit
- the curved path of an object around a planet or star
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