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Outernet Provides Free Internet Service in Kenya with CubeSat

• techcabal.com

Outernet, with the use of CubeSat, the satellite of a very low mass (1.33 kilogram) and size, is providing free WI-FI service at low cost in Kenya for the poor and the technology deprived people. CubeSats broadcasts from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and in an additional frequency (UHF) which enables cheaper hardware to pick up signals easily.

According to Syed Karim, CEO of Outernet, "This project is not just about producing test hardware for Outernet to use in advancing our mission, but about refining a process that changes the entire communications industry."

Outernet has received funding from the UK Space Agency, UK's Clyde Space, who will continue to provide the CubeSat expertise for expansion to reach many more people on the planet. They will also develop cheaper user-end receivers, this will allow Outernet gain hardware independence by owning its own space assets.


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