Project Kuiper is Amazon's $10-billion-plus answer to Elon Musk's Starlink. The commerce giant is planning a network of 3,236 satellites to deliver high-speed, dependable internet to people everywhere, especially in communities traditional providers have left unconnected or under-served.

Amazon has accelerated its push into the satellite internet market, launching a second batch of Project Kuiper satellites in a direct challenge to SpaceX’s Starlink. The June 23 launch, which sent 27 additional Kuiper satellites into low-Earth orbit,

ULA's Atlas V deploys second load of Amazon's broadband satellites The second batch of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellites has launched, but Team Bezos has a long way to go to match the coverage of Elon Musk's Starlink.