Amazon Project Kuiper: Amazon aims to launch over 3,000 satellites into low-Earth orbit to provide global broadband internet coverage and compete directly with Elon Musk s SpaceX, whose Starlink network is farther ahead in the market for providing internet from space.
Amazon on Friday said it booked three Falcon 9 launches with Elon Musk's SpaceX to help deploy the e-commerce giant's Project Kuiper satellite network, tapping a rival in the satellite internet business for its multi-billion dollar launch campaign.
Amazon aims to build Kuiper as a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit to beam broadband internet globally and compete with SpaceX s Starlink network, which already has some 5,000 satellites providing nearly global coverage.