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Amazon to Hire Rival SpaceX to Launch Internet Satellites
- Amazon’s Project Kuiper has been delayed by rocket setbacks
- Company also aims to use rockets from ULA, Bezos’ Blue Origin
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2021.
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Amazon.com Inc. has signed a contract with rival SpaceX for three launches of Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket, grabbing additional capacity to loft the company’s internet-from-space satellites into orbit.
The deal, which Amazon announced on its website Friday, means the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant will be relying in part on its main rival to get its own satellite constellation into orbit. The Falcon 9 launches are set to begin in mid-2025.