Aviacionline Por Ismael Awad-Risk 06/04/2022
Amazon announced that it has signed the largest deal in the history of the commercial space industry. This is thanks to its contracts with three companies for up to 83 launches of its Project Kuiper satellites, which will seek to provide internet connectivity worldwide.
According to CNBC, the technology giant founded by Jeff Bezos signed several agreements with launch companies: 38 with United Launch Alliance (ULA), 18 with Arianespace, and 12 with Blue Origin (also owned by Bezos) with the option to add up to 15 additional launches.
Kuiper is the project through which Amazon intends to build a network of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). These will provide high-speed internet on a global scale. In this way, Bezos’ company will compete with SpaceX’s Starlink project – owned by rival Elon Musk, with whom it has taken turns on several occasions to compete for the title of richest person in the world. To build the system, Amazon said it will «invest more than $10 billion».
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