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Amazonhas announcedthat it will launch its first 27 Project Kuiper satellites next week.
Amazon says it expects offer the service “later this year.”
That is assuming weather and technology cooperate at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
What is Project Kuiper?
Though that expected launch was only for a couple of prototype satellites.
The orbital system will be built on 3,200 LEO satellites.
By comparison, SpaceX’sStarlinkconstellation has over 7,000 LEO satellites that it’s been launching since 2019.
It’s a competitor to theStarlink Miniwhich released last summer.
