Amazon on Tuesday announced it had signed on with three firms—including Blue Origin— to book 83 launches of its Project Kuiper internet satellites in a deal the company described as the “largest commercial procurement” of launch vehicles in history.
Amazon in 2019 announced it would launch Project Kuiper, a large broadband satellite internet constellation, to provide access to broadband internet, including those lacking access in remote areas. The Federal Communications Commission in 2020
Amazon to deploy 3,236 broadband satellites, requiring at least half be launched by 2026, and the rest by 2029Amazon has yet to deploy the satellites, although it has plans for two launches of prototype satellites for the fourth quarter of 2022 on ABL Space Systems’ RS1 Rocket. Amazon is investing billions of dollars in the new satellite contracts, a spokesperson said, according to
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