Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX’s Starlinks

Amazon Finally Enters the Satellite Internet Race, Taking on SpaceX's Starlink

The first operational batch of Project Kuiper satellites reached orbit Monday, kickstarting the deployment of a long-delayed broadband constellation.

Amazon deploys the first Project Kuiper internet satellites

Amazon has finally launched its first batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The company was supposed to send the first 27 satellites in the constellation, which will eventually be comprised of more than 3,200 satellites, on April 8. However, the event got pushed back. A previous Bloomberg investigation claimed that Kuiper was way behind schedule, because the company was struggling to ramp …

Amazon Launches First Satellites for Starlink Rival Kuiper

Amazon launched the first 27 satellites for its Kuiper broadband internet constellation into space from Florida on Monday. The flight marks the start of Jeff Bezos’s delayed deployment of an internet-from-space network to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink. The satellites are the first of 3,236 that Amazon.com Inc. plans to put into low-Earth orbit for Project Kuiper. It is a $10 billion move first unveiled in 2019 to beam broadband internet globally fo…

Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellites in race against Starlink

Amazon launches Project Kuiper satellites to compete with SpaceX's Starlink, aiming to revolutionize global internet access from space

Amazon launches its first batch of 27 internet satellites to take on SpaceX’s Starlink

Once released in orbit, the satellites will eventually reach an altitude of nearly 400 miles (630 kilometers).

Amazon deploys space-based internet project to rival Starlink

The NewsAmazon deployed the first spacecraft in its space-based internet project, Kuiper, and said it would start providing broadband later this year. The 27 satellites that took off from Florida marked the first of 80 planned launches: The company hopes to eventually put 3,200 satellites in space to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink, which has 7,200 and counting. Satellite internet is expected to be huge: Amazon has invested close to $20 billion, …