Amazon to build $120 million facility in Florida to prep Kuiper internet satellites for launch
Amazon hopes to launch its first two Kuiper prototype satellites "in the coming months," the company said. The new facility would be up and running early 2025.
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- Amazon will invest $120 million in a satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
- Project Kuiper is Amazon’s plan to build a network of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit, to provide high-speed internet access anywhere in the world.
- The 100,000-square-foot processing facility will serve as one of the final steps before the satellites reach orbit, preparing them for launches on the rockets of ULA and Blue Origin.