Amazon's Kuiper broadband Internet constellation's first 27 satellites were launched into space from Florida on Monday, starting a long-term deployment of the internet from the space network, which will compete with SpaceX's Starlink.

Satellites are 3,236 satellites that Amazon plans to send the kuiper project into low-Earth orbit, a $10 billion effort announced in 2019 to provide global broadband internet for consumers, businesses and governments – SpaceX has recruited years of SpaceX customers with its strong Starlink business.

Sitting on the Atlas V rocket of the joint launch alliance between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the 27 satellites shine on the Rockets' EDT at the launch pad of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The harsh weather scrubbed the initial start attempt on April 9.

Kuiper is arguably the biggest bet Amazon is making, and it is in a confrontation with global telecom providers like Starlink and global telecom providers like AT&T and T-Mobile. The company has positioned the service as a boon for rural areas with sparse connectivity or non-existent connections.

The mission to deploy the first operating satellite has been delayed for more than a year - Amazon once hoped it would launch its first batch in early 2024. The company faces a deadline set by the Federal Communications Commission to deploy half of its constellations, 1,618 satellites, 1,618 satellites, but by mid-2026 it may be in mid-2026, but it may start at a slower starting point, which means Amazon says Extersions says Extersive, analyst, analyst.

Amazon is expected to publicly confirm initial contacts with all satellites in Mission Operations Center in Redmond, Washington, hours or possibly days after launch. If everything goes as planned, the company says it hopes to "start providing services to customers later this year."

ULA CEO Tory Bruno told Reuters in an interview this month that ULA can launch up to five Kuiper missions this year. Amazon said in its 2020 FCC filing that it could start serving in the northern and southern regions of the 578 satellite, with coverage expanding toward the Earth's equator as the company launches more satellites.

Kuiper, the web services and e-commerce giant's project, is an ambitious space enterprise that started late in the SpaceX-dominated market. But Amazon executives see the company's deep consumer product experience and built cloud computing business, and Kuiper will connect with Starlink's advantages.

Amazon launched two prototype satellites in testing in 2023 and before expelling them in 2024. The program's development was relatively quiet until its first Kuiper launch plan was announced earlier this month.

Elon Musk's SpaceX has a unique advantage as both a satellite operator and a launcher for its reusable Falcon 9, which has placed more than 8,000 Starlink satellites in orbit since 2019, the 250th Dedicated Starlink launch on Monday. Its deployment speed has reached at least one star-striped link Mission RA week, with each rocket having about two dozen satellites to expand the bandwidth of the network and replace outdated satellites.

This fast speed has helped Musk accumulate more than 5 million Internet users in 125 countries, a global military and intelligence agency that disrupts the global satellite communications market and attempts to use Starlink and its manufacturing lines for sensitive national security programs.

Amazon executive chairman Jeff Bezos expressed confidence that Kuiper could compete with Starlink and told Reuters in a January interview that the demand for the internet was limitless.

"There is a lot of room for winners there. I expect Starlink to continue to be successful, and I expect Kuiper to be successful, too," he said.

"This will be a major commercial system, but there is no doubt that these Leo signs will have defensive uses," he added.

Amazon revealed its Kuiper consumer terminal in 2023, a LP vinyl record-sized antenna that communicates overhead with Kuiper satellites, and smaller terminals compared to its e-book Kindle devices. The company is expected to produce tens of millions of equipment for less than $400 per unit.

Amazon has pre-ordered 83 rocket launches in 2022, with Arianespace and Blue Origin from France, Bezos' space company, snapping up the industry's largest launch deal ever as it prepares to start its Kuiper deployment.