Amazon says the satellites flying on this mission are an upgrade over the pair of prototype Kuiper satellites that launched from our Space Coast in October of 2023.

Amazon and United Launch Alliance set April 9 as the date for the first launch of full-scale satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper network.

A launch date is set for the first batch of what will be thousands of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper as the company looks to play catch-up with SpaceX and its Starlink internet constellation.

The first of 3,200 Project Kuiper satellites blast off next week.

Amazon's Project Kuiper expects to launch more than two dozen LEO satellites by mid-April and start offering service later this year, setting up a duel with

Amazon's Project Kuiper this month will launch more than two dozen satellites into space, a step the company said will lead toward bringing fast, reliable internet to customers worldwide. The mission, named "KA-01" for Kuiper Atlas 1, will launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Amazon plans to launch its first 27 Kuiper satellites on April 9, aiming to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink. Meanwhile, dinosaur footprints discovered on the Isle of Skye provide insight into Jurassic life,