Amazon has decided to jump into the satellite internet race against Starlink by launching 83 rockets under Project Kuiper.
Amazon Inc. announced on Tuesday that they signed three companies for 83 launches over five years to deploy a 3,236 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, making it one of the largest rocket transactions in the commercial space industry's history heating up the satellite internet space race.
Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband service will be challenged by Amazon's Project Kuiper. Kuiper intends to supply users in rural areas with high-speed, low-latency broadband. Amazon will have low-cost customer terminals and a ground-based communications network, similar to Starlink.
"Project Kuiper will provide fast, affordable broadband to tens of millions of customers in unserved and underserved communities around the world," said Dave Limp, Senior Vice President of Amazon Devices & Services.
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