Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor

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April 3, 2025, 9:27 AM

• •Amazon has secured 80 such launch missions that will each deliver dozens of satellites into low earth orbit (LEO) to create a constellation capable of competing with Elon Musk’s Starlink juggernaut.
• •Amazon says it expects to begin offering high-speed, low-latency internet service “later this year.”
• •Amazon’s first-generation satellite system will eventually consist of more than 3,200 LEO satellites, all flying at 17,000 mph (27,359 km/h), 392 miles (630km) above the Earth, and circling the planet in about 90 minutes.

Amazon's Project Kuiper is set to launch its first batch of 27 satellites into low earth orbit on April 9th. The satellites will eventually form a constellation of over 3,200 satellites that will provide high-speed, low-latency internet service to customers around the world.

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