Internet by satellite: Amazon wants to compete with Elon Musk thanks to its Kuiper project

2023-05-30 17:15:33

The chess game between two digital giants will suddenly take off. Amazon is finalizing the final details to send its first two satellites capable of providing an Internet connection to an altitude of 600 km. The multinational founded by Jeff Bezos is thus venturing into the commercial space of Starlink, whose popularity has been ensured by VRP Elon Musk. Announced in April 2019, like its rival, the Kuiper project has clearly had more trouble getting off the ground, when 4,000 Starlink minisatellites are already in low Earth orbit (LEO).