Amazon To Launch Its First Internet Satellites In Race With Starlink

Amazon Is Launching Its First Internet Satellites In Race With SpaceX

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Amazon.com Inc. is set to send its initial two test satellites for Project Kuiper into orbit on October 6, in a bid to establish a space-based internet network to rival SpaceX's Starlink.

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It will cost the company less than $400 each to produce and provide internet while SpaceX's consumer Starlink terminals is priced at $599 each.

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Amazon aims to meet its regulatory requirement by deploying half of its 3,236-satellite Kuiper network by 2026, with the 2024 target as part of this plan.

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The company on Tuesday also revealed a slate of three different terminals, or antennas, that will connect customers with its Kuiper satellites in orbit.

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