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Amazon’s Kuiper Satellite Prototypes Are a Success in First Week
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and Amazon's Project Kuiper on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Amazon.com Inc. said the prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper internet venture are operating normally after their first week in orbit.
The two satellites were drawing power from their solar panels and communicating consistently with Amazon’s terminal on the ground, the company said in a statement Monday. “We’re already learning a lot from this mission that will inform further improvements to our production systems, and the team should be very proud of this milestone,” Rajeev Badyal, the Amazon vice president who leads the Kuiper team, said in the statement.