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Amazon Project Kuiper: Amazon launched its first satellite on Friday (6 October). The company is starting space internet service, which it has named ‘Project Kuiper’. It is believed that through this project, Amazon will compete with Elon Musk’s company SpaceX’s Starlink.
The project consists of a pair of satellites named ‘Kuipersat-1’ and ‘Kuipersat-2’, which was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Friday (October 6) at 2:06 pm Eastern Time on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Launched at. They will be placed in an orbit 500 kilometers above the Earth’s surface to test the major components of the Kuiper Mega Constellation, which is planned to include 3200 satellites.
When will Amazon’s Space Internet facility be available?
According to Amazon FAQ, the initial Kuiper constellation will include 3,236 satellites. Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 were originally scheduled to fly on the first mission of ULA’s new Vulcan Centaur (launch vehicle), but delays with that rocket forced Amazon to shift to an Atlas V for launch. However, in future, Project Kuiper satellites can be launched through Vulcan Centaur.
Amazon’s license with the US Federal Communications Commission requires the company to operate at least half of the Project Kuiper satellites in the initial constellation by July 2026. If everything goes according to plan, it could serve some customers by the end of 2024.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper will compete with Starlink
Project Kuiper will compete with another internet megaconstellation – SpaceX’s Starlink, which is already operational in low Earth orbit, with approximately 5,000 currently operational satellites and Starlink still growing. SpaceX has permission to deploy 12,000 satellites and has applied for approval for another 30,000.
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