<ul><li>Amazon has launched its Project Kuiper to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink and Eutelsat's OneWeb by deploying the first batch of internet satellites into space.</li><li>The Project Kuiper mission aims to provide fast and reliable internet to underserved communities globally using a constellation of over 3,200 low Earth orbit satellites.</li><li>The inaugural launch used a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to deliver the first 27 Project Kuiper satellites to an altitude of 280 miles above Earth, out of a planned total of 3,236 satellites.</li><li>Amazon has upgraded the satellites for this mission to improve performance and make them less visible to ground-based astronomers, with plans to start delivering internet services to customers later this year.</li></ul>

Amazon’s Project Kuiper Launches To Challenge Musk’s Starlink

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