Amazon’s Starlink Rival, Project Kuiper, Is Finally Ready for Launch

Amazon’s Starlink Rival, Project Kuiper, Is Finally Ready for Launch

Amazon’s satellite network Project Kuiper is set to begin launches as it races to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink internet empire.

Why Amazon is spending $20bn to take on SpaceX—and China

It thinks satellite internet could be a big money-maker

Amazon’s Internet Satellite Venture Achieves Liftoff in Challenge to Musk's Starlink

In 2021, Jeff Bezos became the second billionaire to visit space (after Richard Branson) and, as of yesterday, he is the second billionaire with an internet satellite constellation (after, of course, Elon Musk). Bezos’ Amazon on Wednesday launched the first batch of satellites set to form part of a massive network that will beam the internet down to earth and challenge Musk’s already operational Starlink service. There’s a lot of catching up to …

With the launch of its first 27 satellites, Amazon finally enters the competition for the domain of the satellite internet.

Amazon to launch first batch of satellites rivaling Musk - The Zambian Observer

The US retail giant Amazon is preparing to launch Wednesday its first full batch of Project Kuiper satellites, marking a crucial milestone in the battle with Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide high-speed internet. The 27 satellites will be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 7:00 pm (2300 GMT) aboard an Atlas V rocket operated by […] The post Amazon to launch first batch of satellites rivaling Musk first appeared on The Zambian Observer.

During a coordinated operation in Challapalca prison, located in the Tacna mountain range, agents of the National Police (PNP) and the National Penitentiary Institute (INPE) seized a clandestine satellite internet system. The operation, carried out last Wednesday, revealed that inmates of pavilion 2 had access to a connection through a satellite antenna installed on the ceiling of a cell. When lifting the calamine, the authorities discovered a s…