Washington, April 5 -- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in his attempt to counter Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk's Starlink internet satellites has decided to launch his own internet constellations. Titled Project Kuiper, the maiden voyage of the Kuiper internet satellites is slated to take off via the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 9 at 12pm ET.
In an earlier blog post on April 2, Amazon said "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, and deploy 27 satellites at an altitude of 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth."
According to American Bazaar, the launch is a major step in Amazon's P...