GeekWire

APRIL 2, 2025

ULA Photo) Amazon and United Launch Alliance have set April 9 as the date for the first launch of full-scale satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet network. Eutelsat OneWeb is also going after the market for internet services provided by satellites in low Earth orbit.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission has approved Amazon’s plans for its ambitious Kuiper constellation, which entails sending 3,236 satellites into orbit to beam internet coverage down to Earth. The company must launch half of the constellation by 2026 to retain its FCC license, and then the remaining satellites by 2029.

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GeekWire

MAY 23, 2024

(Amazon Photo) After a series of successful tests, Amazon says it has begun the monthslong process of bringing two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation down from orbit. Project Kuiper is Amazon’s $10 billion initiative to provide global high-speed internet service from low Earth orbit.

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GeekWire

JULY 30, 2020

The Federal Communications Commission has authorized Amazon’s plans for a Project Kuiper constellation of 3,236 satellites that would provide broadband internet access across a wide swath of the globe — but on the condition that it doesn’t unduly interfere with previously authorized satellite ventures. (Credit: OneWeb).

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2024

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s $10 billion effort to build and launch more than 3,000 satellites that will offer high-speed internet access to tens of millions of people around the world. Amazon Photo) Project Kuiper is far behind SpaceX’s Starlink network when it comes to providing high-speed internet access from low Earth orbit.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Project Kuiper is designed to provide affordable broadband internet access from above for tens of millions of people around the world who are underserved. The rest would have to be launched by 2029. .” The prototype satellites were launched into low Earth orbit from Florida on Oct.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The timeline for testing what’s slated to become a 3,236-satellite network in low Earth orbit was laid out today in an experimental license application filed with the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC authorization requires Amazon to put half of its 3,236-satellite constellation into orbit by mid-2026, and the rest by 2029.

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