Jeff Bezos' Project Kuiper said Wednesday it is planning to launch 27 satellites April 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. It's the project's first full batch of the internet connection satellites.

A United Launch Alliance rocket is set to help Amazon take a step toward a satellite internet service that would compete with Starlink.

"No matter how the mission unfolds, this is just the start of our journey, and we have all the pieces in place to learn and adapt as we prepare to launch again and again over the coming years."

The first of 3,200 Project Kuiper satellites blast off next week.

Amazon is launching 27 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) next week, kicking off its years-in-the-making plan to set up a massive constellation and deliver internet access anywhere on the globe – similar to SpaceX's Starlink service.

More than 80 ULA, Blue Origin, SpaceX and Arianespace rockets will be needed to carry Amazon's 3,200-plus first-generation satellites into orbit.

Amazon in 2022 booked 83 rocket launches from ULA, France’s Arianespace and Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space company, snagging the industry’s biggest ever launch deal as it prepared to begin Kuiper deployment. The company launched two prototype satellites in 2023 for tests it called successful. — Joey Roulette, (c) 2025 Reuters

Amazon's Project Kuiper this month will launch more than two dozen satellites into space, a step the company said will lead toward bringing fast, reliable internet to customers worldwide. The mission, named "KA-01" for Kuiper Atlas 1, will launch on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Amazon (AMZN, Financials) plans to launch 27 satellites into low Earth orbit on April 9 as part of Project Kuiper's first large-scale effort to deploy its broadband satellite netw