Amazon establishes contact with first operational Kuiper satellites

Published on April 29, 2025

Amazon said April 29 it has made contact with its first 27 operational Project Kuiper broadband satellites, after being dropped off in low Earth orbit by ULA's Atlas V rocket.

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