Amazon has completed its long-delayed first launch of satellites for Project Kuiper, the company’s planned orbital internet network.
A pair of test satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, just after 2 p.m. ET Friday, as shown by launch footage that ULA posted on X (formerly Twitter). If all goes well, the satellites will be deployed at an altitude of 311 miles above the ground and remain in low Earth orbit for testing.
The two satellites are prototypes of the eventual 3,200-plus , as reported earlier Friday by Cord Cutters News.
to extend their 4G and 5G networks, so once it launches, you’ll be able to gain access to Amazon’s satellite internet through those providers if you’re living in those regions. Vodafone and Vodacom will install Project Kuiper infrastructure alongside their cellular towers.
As launch of the beta service nears, more information will become available on how you’ll be able to sign up for it in other parts of the world.
