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Amazon Finally Enters the Satellite Internet Race, Taking on SpaceX's Starlink

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Amazon has successfully deployed its first satellite constellation.

The Kuiper-1 mission launched on Monday at 7:01 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral in Florida .

The first batch of 27 satellites was packed into a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V for the launch.

Amazon is building a constellation of internet satellites in low Earth orbit to compete with SpaceX.

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