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Launch of Amazon’s 2nd batch of Kuiper internet satellites scrubbed due to rocket issue


A new launch date has not been announced.

Not all of them will fly on the Atlas V, however; Amazon plans to launch batches of Kuiper satellites aboard ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket, Arianespace's Ariane 6 and Blue Origin's New Glenn. That will still be far fewer than SpaceX's rival Starlink broadband constellation, which already provides service to customers around the world. But Amazon's internet architecture differs from that of Starlink, so the company may not need to rival SpaceX in sheer satellite numbers to provide comparable service.

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