Amazon Scrobs Wednesday Rocket Rocket for Starlink Satellite Compete

The Amazon will be released soon 27 low -Earth orbit moons As part of Quiber project. The original launch window was appointed for Wednesday between 7 and 9 pm East time (from 4 to 6 pm), but the bad weather forced the rockets to be cleaned for this day.

“The weather and forecast does not go to beating within the remaining launch window in Cape Canaveral this evening, according to the Brian Bilson weather officer,” said UNITED Launch Alliance in its direct updates on Wednesday night. “The stubborn clouds and continuous winds make the takeoff is not possible in the available window.”

There is no word yet when this is renamed, but there is a Mission page for updates When launching and plans to take off. You can see Rocket Launch live on that page or YouTube.

It will be the task of launching, Ka-01 or Kuper ATLAS 1, on the UNINICE ALIANCE ATLAS V missile and will be held at Cape Canaveral Space Force.

It will be a big step forward for the project, which Amazon announced in 2019 with promises of a 10 billion dollars in investment. Now the company is preparing to enter the race to present Satellite internet serviceSpacex currently dominated area StarlinkThat has about 7000 satellites. Amazon plans calls for the publication of 3,200 satellites more than 80 launch operations. The company intends to save Internet service With this technology later this year.

More competition will improve internet services

The craft space race, which includes Starlink and Amazon and other companies such as Viasatand HyuznitEUTELSAT and China SacPaces Tail, more of the availability of internet service in remote and rural areas with limited domain options. Although Starlink is the leader in space, some of these other companies continue to launch satellites and work to spread a high -speed internet in more markets, such as Brazil. With more players on the market, this may mean faster and The Internet is cheaper In more areas, although this actually bears consumers still should be seen.

Mahdi IslamThe CEO of Quandary Peak Research and Assistant Professor at the USC Computer Science Department said that Amazon is well ready to compete with Starlink. “Amazon made comprehensive agreements to launch with major service providers such as Ula, ArianesPace, Blue Orige and even SpaceX itself, and Kuper’s position as a major competitor because of its wide infrastructure and large resources.”

He said: “While Starlink is currently enjoying the clear market, it faces an increasing competition from the competitors appointed by prices and grace strategically, specifically from China, which indicates that the market will become more competitive in the near future,” he said.

Eslamimehr said so far, the satellite efforts of Amazon are promising and successful, at least in the stages of the initial model. The company was also testing the Amazon web services in space. “These developments collectively emphasize the entry of the strong Amazon into the Internet of satellite and reflect a positive early momentum in the comprehensive space strategy.”

In addition to how he is against Starlink and other companies, Amazon Satellite launch operations are important in other ways. Eslamimehr said, “The Kuper project is not only related to competition,” said Eslamimehr.

Correction, April 4: A previous version of this story has erred in the name of the USC Professor’s name and Vice President of D and Executive Research. His name is Mahdi Islam,