Amazon’s Kuiper Internet Satellites Launch Delayed
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Amazon is going into competition with SpaceX, with its Project Kuiper broadband satellite-based internet service intended to rival Starlink.
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Amazon is planning to launch 27 low-Earth orbit satellites this evening as part of Project Kuiper.
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Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink from lifting off Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network.
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