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Amazon’s Starlink competitor runs into production delays
Amazon's Project Kuiper, the company's plan to launch satellites into low-Earth orbit and beam internet to users, is facing delays.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the company’s initiative to launch a fleet of satellites into low-Earth orbit and beam internet connection to users, is struggling to ramp up production, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The venture reportedly needs to quadruple its rate of production in order to meet a government deadline, which requires the company to launch 1600 satellites into space by next summer. Project Kuiper seems to be a long way off from catching up with Starlink, which currently has roughly 8,000 satellites in orbit and more than 5 million customers, the report notes.
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