Amazon will start launching its Project Kuiper Starlink rival next week

Following recent tests, Amazon is finally ready to launch its Project Kuiper space internet project in a bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink, the company announced. The first batch of 27 satellites on the KA-01 (Kuiper Atlas 1) mission are set to launch into low earth orbit (LEO) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on April 9th next week from Cape Canaveral if conditions allow. Amazon hopes to start offering the high-speed internet service “later this year,” it said.

Amazon’s network will eventually comprise 3,200 satellites launched from partners including ULA, Arianespace, Blue Origin

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