Amazon Steps Into the Ring With SpaceX by Launching Its First Batch of Internet Satellites

Amazon has launched its first batch of internet satellites in the hope of competing with Elon Musk’s Starlink system.
Project Kuiper plans to launch over 3,000 satellites to provide broadband across the globe.
Amazon’s first 27 low-Earth orbit satellites were sent aloft this week on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
While satellite broadband can bring fast internet to remote areas, it is currently dominated by SpaceX.
Starlink has more than five million customers, but the service is expensive, with a receiver costing $349 an d m o n t h l ys u b scr i pt i o n s f ro m$ 80 to $120.
Competition from Amazon and other providers like OneWeb and Spacesail could bring these prices down.

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