Amazon’s SpaceX Duel Heats Up as Tardy Satellites Set to Fly
- Project Kuiper aims to beam down speedy internet from space
- SpaceX says it recently surpassed 2 million active customers
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Amazon.com Inc. is poised to launch its first two test satellites for Project Kuiper on Friday, as Jeff Bezos’ tech giant races to build out a massive internet-from-space constellation to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.
The test satellites are set to take off on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V workhorse rocket in Florida at 2 p.m. local time. Dubbed the “protoflight” mission, the satellites, which Amazon hoped to have in space a year ago, are meant to test out the company’s ability to beam broadband internet from orbit.