Project Kuiper

Kuiper Systems LLC is a subsidiary of Amazon that was set up in 2019 to deploy a large broadband satellite internet constellation to provide broadband internet connectivity. The deployment is also referred to by its project name "Project Kuiper". Amazon has signed launch contracts with three launch service providers for a total of 91 launches over the next decade in order to build out the entire constellation, now planned to contain 3,276 satellites. The overall contract value for these launches is in excess of US$10 billion. As of April 2022, no date has been set for when initial launches of the operational constellation will begin. Two initial prototype satellites "KuiperSat-1" and "KuiperSat-2" are planned to be launched in the fourth quarter of 2022, and to launch the satellites with ABL Space Systems on their RS1 rocket.

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