Amazon Set to Launch First Kuiper Internet Satellites This Month

The launch, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, will deploy 27 satellites.

Photographer: Michelle Bruzzese/Bloomberg
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Amazon.com Inc. says it will launch the first batch of satellites to power its internet-from-space initiative as soon as April 9.

The company’s Project Kuiper aims to put more than 3,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit, delivering internet connectivity to companies, governments and consumers, a business that today is dominated by SpaceX’s Starlink.