Amazon Sets Launch Date for Project Kuiper's Deployment of 27 Satellites
Amazon has set a launch date to send 27 low-orbit satellites into space as part of Project Kuiper. The company posted details announcing a launch at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 9. The launch could be a big move for the project, which Amazon launched with promises of a $10 billion investment in 2019. Now, the company is poised to enter the race to provide satellite internet service, a space currently dominated by Starlink, which has about 7,000 satellites. Amazon's plans call for 3,200 satellites to be de ...