Amazon Launches Satellites to Compete with Starlink

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Atlas V rocket launches with satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper internet network
An Atlas V rocket launches with satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet network (Photo: Joe Skipper/Reuters)

Tech giant Amazon has launched the first 27 satellites that will form a satellite constellation for distributing broadband internet, a network that will compete with SpaceX’s Starlink, Reuters reports .

In total, Amazon plans to send 3,236 satellites into low Earth orbit as part of Project Kuiper, a $10 billion effort to beam broadband internet around the world to consumers, businesses, and governments, including Starlink customers.

Amazon expects to begin providing services to customers in late 2025, the agency said. The company’s CEO Tory Bruno previously said the organization could launch up to five more Kuiper missions.

The company first introduced the project in 2019. Amazon said that by providing the new service, it would help residents of villages and towns where there is poor or no connection at all.

 

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