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Amazon launches its first satellites to rival Starlink

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The first 27 of more than 3,000 planned Project Kuiper satellites are deployed into low- Earth orbit on Monday .

The launch is the first of 80 planned launches by Amazon to take all 3,236 of its 3,234 planned satellites into orbit.

Amazon is one of several companies, including France ’s Eutelsat and China ’s Spacesail , seeking to provide a viable alternative to the market-dominating satellite internet business.