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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

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But Project Kuiper aims to take advantage of synergies with Amazon’s other business lines, ranging from online retail sales to Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Web Services. The rest would have to be launched by 2029. To meet that schedule, Project Kuiper plans to produce up to four satellites per day at the Kirkland factory.

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Facebook’s satellite connectivity team switches over to Amazon’s Project Kuiper

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Such a deal represents another step in Amazon’s efforts to get its Kuiper operation up and running — and try to catch up with SpaceX’s Starlink broadband constellation, which already has more than more than 1,600 satellites in orbit and is expanding its beta program.