Amazon's Starlink competitor runs into production delays

Amazon's Starlink rival Project Kuiper is reportedly way behind schedule

Amazon’s Project Kuiper is reportedly way behind schedule, according to an investigation by Bloomberg. This is the company’s satellite internet service, which intends to rival SpaceX and Starlink. The issue seems to be one of scale, as the company has had trouble increasing production of the actual satellites. The reporting indicates that the Kuiper team has only managed to manufacture a few dozen of these satellites. As a comparison, there are …

Amazon's Starlink competitor runs into production delays

Amazon's Project Kuiper, the company's plan to launch satellites into low-Earth orbit and beam internet to users, is facing delays.

Amazon’s Starlink Rival Struggles to Ramp Up Satellite Production

Amazon.com Inc.’s internet-from-space venture is struggling to ramp up production, jeopardizing its ability to meet a government deadline to have more than 1,600 satellites in orbit by next summer.

Project Kuiper: Amazon's ambitious project to provide the Internet from space is struggling to keep pace. More than a year after the start of its production phase, Amazon has completed only a small fraction of the 1,600 satellites that it is due to launch by July 2026 in order to meet a crucial regulatory deadline. This undermines its broader ambition to provide broadband access to more than 400 million households, including in remote and unders…

Project Kuiper, Amazon's massive global satellite internet initiative, is facing serious challenges. According to insiders, the company has only managed to assemble a few dozen satellites out of the 1,600 it needs to launch by the summer of 2026 to maintain its license from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The production problems are due to technological difficulties and a shortage of components,... The post Project Kuiper on the …

Amazon is increasingly under pressure from its ambitious Kuiper satellite project. The project, which aims to bring thousands of satellites into orbit and compete with Starlink, lags significantly behind the schedule. (Read more)