Amazon Scrobs Wednesday Rocket Rocket for Starlink Satellite Compete

Amazon will be launched 27 low -Earth orbit moons Frankly as part of Quiber project. The original launch window was appointed on Wednesday, April 9, between 7 and 9 pm Each time (from 4 to 6 pm), but the weather caused the firing of the missiles for this day.

“The weather and the expectation is not to take off within the remaining launch window in the Cape Canaveral this evening, according to the weather officer Brian Bilson,” UNITED LAUNICLALANCE (ULA) said in its direct updates on Wednesday night. “The stubborn clouds and the ongoing winds make the take off within 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 on YouTube.

It will be the task of launching, “Ka-01” or Kuper Atlas 1, on the Atlas V United Launch Alliance, 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 Spaces-Tail may mean more Internet service in remote and rural areas that have limited wide 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 Islam“Amazon is well ready to upgrade against 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 that the Amazon satellite efforts have so far been 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,