2023-07-21 20:33:13
Amazon will invest $120 million to build a pre-launch facility for commercial satellites as part of Project Kuiper to provide broadband Internet access anywhere in the world. According to CNBC, a complex with an area of more than 9 thousand square meters. m will be built on the territory of the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2024. The complex will be one of the last stages before launching into orbit, where they will be prepared for launch aboard United Launch Alliance launch vehicles and Blue Origin, which, like Amazon, is owned by Jeff Bezos. Project Kuiper is being implemented by Amazon Kuiper Systems, a division created in 2019 to work on creating a satellite constellation that would provide broadband Internet access. In total, within the framework of the project, 3236 satellites are planned to be launched into low Earth orbit.
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