Amazon, united launch alliance and Kuiper satellites
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The first batch of 27 Project Kuiper space internet satellites are scheduled to launch next week.
From The Verge
Amazon will begin deploying its satellite broadband constellation, Project Kuiper, this month in what is expected to become the first serious challenge to the dominance of Elon Musk’s Starlink.
From The Financial Times
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The space-bound launch is meant to start setting up Amazon's satellite internet program meant to compete with Elon Musk's Star Link. Eventually, Amazon plans to have up to 3,200 low earth orbit satellites,
Amazon's Project Kuiper this month will launch more than two dozen satellites into space, a step the company said will lead toward bringing fast, reliable internet to customers worldwide. The mission, named "KA-01" for Kuiper Atlas 1, will launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.