Starlink has dominated internet satellite service, Amazon wants to change that
Amazon is taking a crack at satellite internet.
On Wednesday, the Seattle based tech company plans to launch the first 27 satellites of Project Kuiper. The company bills this as the start of a “constellation” of satellites providing internet all over the world.
In all, it plans to launch more than 3,000 satellites by 2029.
Amazon is trying to take market share from Elon Musk’s Starlink, which has dominated the satellite internet industry since it came online in 2019.
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