Posted: Sun, Jul 20, 2025, 9:47 AM ET (1347 GMT)
SpaceX launched a set of spacecraft for a competitor in the satellite broadband market early Wednesday. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2:30 am EDT (0630 GMT), placing 24 satellites into orbit for Amazon's Project Kuiper. The launch is one of three that Amazon ordered from SpaceX in late 2023 to augment contracts it has with Arianespace, Blue Origin and ULA. The SpaceX launches will deploy only a small fraction of the overall constellation of more than 3,200 Kuiper satellites.

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