Bezos is finally ready to compete with Starlink’s Musk while Amazon’s Kuper is preparing to launch

Amazon may be fast to drop a package on your doorstep, but it took years to be finally ready to submit its moons to space. Jeff Bezos, which is led by Jeff Bezos, is preparing to launch the first batch of satellite on the Internet to the low Earth orbit, hoping a chance to compete with Starlink from Spacex.

The Amazon’s Kuper project is scheduled to launch the first full range of satellites on Wednesday, April 9, 12 pm East. Industrial satellites will be placed inside the Rocket Atlas V Rocket United Launch Alliance (Ula), which will start from the Cape Caperal Fores Fores station in Florida. After the launch, the missile will try to spread all 27 satellites at an altitude of 280 miles (450 km) above the ground, according to Amazon.

The task, named “Ka-01” for Kuper ATLAS 1, was a long time to make Amazon is keen to enter the broad domain market satellite. This market is currently dominating Elon Musk’s Spacex, which has launched more than 7,000 satellites to orbit to provide a high -speed internet to 70 countries. Musk wants to launch 42000 from the satellite to end the huge constellation, but so far the Federal Communications Committee has granted SPACEX a license of 12,000 satellite from the first generation and an additional 7500 for the second -generation Constellation program.

Project Kuiper, on the other hand, is not aimed at these high numbers. Instead, Amazon wants to launch 3200 Low Earth Orbit, and secure 80 upcoming launch operations with many commercial service providers, including ArianesPace, Ula and other space space, blue origin, to form an initial constellation.

Amazon already Olyan’s satellites launched, Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2, on the ATLAS V missile in late 2023. The test task was successful, with the maneuvering satellite dominated in the low-Earth orbit.

Kuiper satellites will rotate at an altitude between 367 and 391 miles (590 and 630 km) above the ground. Satellite is designed using an active payment system, which includes a dedicated calendar designed at home and a carbon -filled motivation tank, to combat air clouds and maintain the height of the satellite within 5.6 miles (9 km) of the targeted operating orbits.

The next launch is a major step for Amazon, but still has a lot of knee compared to his competitor. Amazon, however, she has marketing Project Kuper, “The Widter, the Widter”, saying that its standard limbs will cost about $ 400 to manufacture, making it less expensive than SpaceX groups, according to freedom. In addition to customer stations, Amazon will also use a network of terrestrial antennas and fiber connections to provide connection. The company claims that the Internet service has the ability to provide speeds of up to 400 MB per second, and it is much faster than the current speed of Starlink – up to 300 MB per second with a standard service, According to To Tom’s guide.

Project Kuiper aims to provide internet services to homes, companies, government agencies and other institutions. Vodafone and its African branch, Vodacum, they have partnership With Amazon to use Project Kuper to expand 4G/5G networks.

This looks like a lot of good promises from Amazon, but the only time that will determine whether it can deliver and be able to compete with the Starlink effect. This first launch should be a good indication.

“We have designed some of the most advanced communications satellites,” Rajev Badiel, Vice President of the Keper Project, said in a statement. “We have conducted extensive tests on the ground to prepare for this first task, but there are some things that you can only learn on the trip, and this will be the first time that we have been directed to the final satellite design, and the first time we have published a lot of satellites at the same time.”