Project Kuiper: Amazon's plans for a 3,236-satellite network for high-speed internet

Amazon, too, will join many other big & small names in the race to provide global access to internet. A spokesperson from Amazon confirmed that the initiative exists in an email statement to GeekWire, calling it a “long-term project aiming to serve tens of millions of people that lack basic Internet connectivity.” What is Project Kuiper? The name won’t stick when Amazon goes commercial with it, but for now, “Project Kuiper” is Amazon’s very own future constellation of internet satellites in low-Earth orbit. “Project Kuiper” could be a play on the number of Kuiper belt objects and the range of their orbits, which, taken broadly, resembles the range of the 3,000+ satellite network. While there have been hints dropped left and right about Amazon’s interests in space, there hasn’t been any word from them yet on Project Kuiper or how the concept is unique.