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Vodafone plans to test beta services from Amazon’s planned Project Kuiper broadband constellation next year to extend the reach of its cellular networks in Europe and Africa.
Amazon faces a July 2026 deadline in its FCC license to launch half of its 3,236 satellites using Ariane 6, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur.
The lawsuit alleges Amazon’s board and one of its committees spent barely an hour reviewing contracts with Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance before approving them in March 2022.
Amazon management informed the board’s audit committee in July 2020 that it was considering Arianespace, Blue Origin, ULA, and a fourth redacted company for Project Kuiper launch contracts.
The full Amazon board met in March 2022 and approved the Project Kuiper launch contracts in a meeting that lasted 40 minutes.
The Overture Maps Foundation was founded by Amazon Web Services, Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom in 2022.
The successful demonstration of OrbitSecure technology was achieved using Amazon Web Services Snowcone edge computing device provided by Axiom Space.
Amazon procured a separate interim contract in April 2021 for nine Atlas 5 launches from United Launch Alliance.
Amazon selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace for launch contracts announced in April 2022 to support the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
The full Amazon board was briefed in November 2020 on Project Kuiper plans that included consideration of Blue Origin and ULA for launch contracts.
Amazon will use one of the nine Atlas 5 launches it procured in 2021 to launch a pair of demonstration Project Kuiper satellites as soon as late September.
By January 2022 Amazon management provided the audit committee with summaries of the contracts it planned to sign with Blue Origin and ULA.
The partnership will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform and Accenture’s expertise in AI and energy to develop the methane emissions solution.
Amazon’s FCC license requires the full Project Kuiper constellation to be in orbit by July 2029.
Amazon has spent about $1,700,000,000 to date on the three Project Kuiper launch contracts, including $585,000,000 paid directly to Blue Origin.
Amazon’s Federal Communications Commission license requires the company to have half the Project Kuiper constellation, or more than 1,600 satellites, in orbit by July 2026.
Analysts anticipate Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites will weigh above 500 kg once operational models start launching late in 2023.
Amazon had initially planned to deploy KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 by late last year using ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket, which suffered setbacks.
Half of the Project Kuiper constellation must be deployed by July 2026 under rules tied to Amazon’s Federal Communications Commission license.
Amazon plans to deploy its first pair of Project Kuiper prototype satellites this fall on an Atlas V from United Launch Alliance.