It has booked 83 launches for its low earth orbit satellite internet system Project Kuiper.
Over the next five years, three new heavy-lift rockets will put thousands of satellites into low earth orbit as part ofRival Starlink is said to have more than 2,300 satellites in orbit already.
Amazon says Project Kuiper aims to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband to customers including households, businesses, government agencies, disaster relief operations, mobile operators, and other organisations "working in places without reliable internet connectivity". "Project Kuiper will provide fast, affordable broadband to tens of millions of customers in unserved and underserved communities around the world," said Dave Limp, senior vice-president for Amazon Devices & Services, in a statement announcing the deal.Amazon plans 83 launches over the next five years, saying it constitutes "the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history".
Unlike Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rockets, the three new rockets used for Project Kuiper's launches are still in development.
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