Amazon launches 27 Kuiper satellites, to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink

Amazon has launched 27 more satellites under its Project Kuiper on Monday (June 23), taking another step toward building a large network of internet satellites in low Earth orbit. The launch puts Amazon in closer competition with Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink, which currently leads the satellite internet market. The satellites were launched aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:54 a.m. ET (4:24pm IST).

“We have ignition and lift off of United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet constellation,” said ULA engineer Ben Chilton during a livestream of the launch.