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?
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#12How might this impact hedge funds and equity trading strategies? They specifically mention parking lots which I interpreted as gaining sales metrics and throughput data on businesses.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. This is just the ground station, though, you would still need to put a satellite in orbit to receive messages from, however. And remember that it's somewhat expensive in terms of delta-V budget to have the satellite over someone's house exactly when you want it to be. Most people that want to spy on their neighbor will just buy a $30 spy cam with a 4G uplink.
But if a $30 spy cam with 4G uplink was detected by the marks anti-surveillance regime ( https://www.bastille.net/cell-phone-detection ) you could be talking a huge liability. Might be more discreet to use satellites with lower cost if things don't work out so great.
This is a "bring-your-own-satellite" service.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. This is just the ground station, though, you would still need to put a satellite in orbit to receive messages from, however. And remember that it's somewhat expensive in terms of delta-V budget to have the satellite over someone's house exactly when you want it to be. Most people that want to spy on their neighbor will just buy a $30 spy cam with a 4G uplink.
Surveillance satellites aren't normally in geostationary orbits either, as that's too far away for the optics. Your deltav comment alludes to it. They seem to be into highly elliptical orbits.
You would need an insane amount of LEO satellites in order to get a feed which was continuous. I don't even know how to start doing the maths on this one.
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#15> To add satellites to your account, please email aws-groundstation@amazon.com with the NORAD ID, your FCC license information, and your customer account number and someone will contact you. Does anyone know how to get a NORAD ID?
Launch a satellite, obviously. But you can look up existing ones at http://celestrak.com
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#16Where does one get the satellite to rent?
Here to help! Sign up a contract with us, and we'll give you a satellite to rent.
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#17I 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?
I don't think AWS are involved in the satellites themselves, they are simply making access to ground station equipment available over the net.
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#18I 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?
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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#19Honestly, this is simply sci-fi to me. The fact that we have companies providing satellite communication infrastructure, just extremely futuristic. Am I just too slow with the catching up?