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Follow the countdown to the first launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites

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(ULA Photo) The countdown is on for the first-ever launch of Amazon satellites, aimed at testing out the hardware and software for the Seattle company’s worldwide Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation. Deployment is scheduled to occur about 18 minutes after launch.

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper will build $120M satellite processing facility in Florida

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(Amazon Illustration) Construction is underway for a $120 million facility in Florida that will process Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites for launch — marking one more giant leap toward creating the company’s global broadband internet constellation. million subscribers around the world.

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

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Project Kuiper is designed to provide affordable broadband internet access from above for tens of millions of people around the world who are underserved. 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.

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Amazon’s Kuiper satellites are good to go after FCC’s approval of orbital debris plan

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Like SpaceX’s Starlink network , Amazon’s Project Kuiper network is designed to provide broadband internet access via satellites in low Earth orbit to hundreds of millions of people who are currently underserved. Kuiper is expected to extend the reach of Amazon Web Services and the company’s other online offerings.

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Amazon vows to invest $10B in Kuiper satellites after getting FCC’s go-ahead

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The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe — but on the condition that it doesn’t unduly interfere with previously authorized satellite ventures. (Credit: OneWeb).

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‘Open for business’: Amazon shows off antennas for its Kuiper satellite network

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Limp said Amazon was on track to launch half of the satellites for the Kuiper constellation by mid-2026, using up to 77 medium- to heavy-lift rockets it’s reserved at ULA as well as at Arianespace and Blue Origin. by the end of the year. and around the world. And our network is going to be substantially the same as what that is.”

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

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Facebook has struck a deal to have more than a dozen of its wireless internet experts move over to Amazon to work on its Project Kuiper satellite broadband network, The Information reported today. Meanwhile, Amazon executives have said Kuiper could complement Amazon Web Services’ cloud operations. Amazon Graphic).