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Amazon sends first satellites into space for internet uplink
Updated On: 30 April, 2025 08:21 AM IST | Cape Canaveral | Agencies
Once released in orbit, the satellites will eventually reach an altitude of nearly 630 km.
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A total of 27 satellites were launched aboard the Atlas V rocket. Pic/AFP
Amazon’s first batch of Internet satellites rocketed toward orbit Monday, the latest entry in the mega constellation market currently dominated by SpaceX’s thousands of Starlinks.
The United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried up 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites, named after the frigid fringes of our solar system beyond Neptune.
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