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In June 2022, United Launch Alliance awarded Northrop Grumman a multi-year contract worth more than $2,000,000,000 for increased production of GEM boosters to support Amazon’s Project Kuiper and additional ULA customers.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipJan 12, 2024Northrop Grumman’s Solid Rocket Boosters Power ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Maiden Launch

In June 2022, United Launch Alliance awarded Northrop Grumman a multi-year contract worth more than $2,000,000,000 for increased production of its GEM boosters to support Amazon’s Project Kuiper and additional ULA customers.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipJan 10, 2024Northrop Grumman’s solid rocket boosters help power first launch of ULA’s Vulcan rocket

I3E is constructed on an Azure cloud infrastructure and supports a wide range of Space Force missions.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralJan 10, 2024Space Systems Command Partners with Microsoft for U.S. Space Force Collaboration Platform

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated he would launch satellites for competitors like OneWeb, Telesat, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralJan 8, 2024NewSpace, satcom, and heavy rockets

United Launch Alliance has a backlog of more than 70 Vulcan launches, including a National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract and 38 launches from Amazon to deploy part of Project Kuiper’s broadband constellation.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipJan 8, 2024Vulcan Centaur launches Peregrine lunar lander on inaugural mission

ULA's backlog includes 38 missions for Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralJan 8, 2024Success and setbacks

Aerojet Rocketdyne received a 116-engine order from United Launch Alliance to support Vulcan launches for Amazon’s 3,236-satellite Kuiper constellation.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralJan 4, 2024Aerojet Rocketdyne’s propulsion to debut with launch of Vulcan rocket

Amazon purchased three Falcon 9 launches in December 2023 to supplement existing contracts for developing its Project Kuiper broadband constellation.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipJan 2, 2024The year new launch vehicles finally lift off

ULA aims to launch twice a month by the end of 2025 to serve its customers, including national security missions and Amazon's Kuiper satellites.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipJan 2, 2024The year new launch vehicles finally lift off

Companies developing broadband constellations that will compete with Starlink, including Amazon and Telesat, have signed Falcon 9 launch contracts.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative PlanJan 2, 2024India selects Falcon 9 for communications satellite launch

Mangata Networks will deliver Azure adaptive cloud solutions designed for edge use cases in collaboration with Microsoft.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralDec 26, 2023Mangata Networks Collaborates with Microsoft for AI Edge Cloud

TomTom began working with Microsoft in 2016 with TomTom powering Azure Maps location services.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipDec 20, 2023TomTom Joins Forces with Microsoft to bring Generative AI into the Vehicle

Amazon operates two prototypes for a proposed NGSO broadband constellation that the company plans to begin deploying next year.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative PlanDec 15, 2023Satellite transmission power battle drags on after WRC-23

Amazon filed a document with Delaware’s Court of Chancery on 2023-12-11 contesting that the lawsuit provided the 'extreme set of facts' required by law to show the board improperly approved the launch contracts while overlooking SpaceX.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralDec 14, 2023Amazon seeks dismissal of Project Kuiper launch contract lawsuit

Amazon began developing the ability to design and build satellites approximately five years before the Project Kuiper inter-satellite link demonstrations.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralDec 14, 2023Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links

Amazon plans a Project Kuiper constellation of more than 3,200 satellites that will be packed much closer together than 1,0 m once the constellation fills out.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative PlanDec 14, 2023Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links

Amazon’s 2023-12-11 filing asserts that the directors met for hours to discuss Project Kuiper in general and the proposed launch contracts specifically and that the board held a full discussion before approving those contracts.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralDec 14, 2023Amazon seeks dismissal of Project Kuiper launch contract lawsuit

Amazon completed end-to-end tests for KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 on 2023-11-16, enabling production to start on commercial satellites that use the same architecture.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipDec 14, 2023Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links

Amazon completed tests of inter-satellite links between its two Project Kuiper prototype satellites in low Earth orbit on 2023-12-14.

Mentioned as: AmazonOrg RelationshipDec 14, 2023Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links

Amazon is seeking to dismiss a shareholder lawsuit filed in August that alleges the company’s board of directors acted in bad faith when it awarded Project Kuiper launch contracts to Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance.

Mentioned as: AmazonNarrative GeneralDec 14, 2023Amazon seeks dismissal of Project Kuiper launch contract lawsuit
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