SpaceX launched the first batch of Starlink satellites in 2019 and now boasts more than 6,750 operational units, serving over five million customers worldwide — by far the sector’s dominant force.

Mission Highlight: United Launch Alliance's Atlas V delivers Kuiper 2 satellites for Amazon United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched its Atlas V 551 rocket on Monday, June 23, at 6:54 a ...

Hundred terminals went dark, suspending drone surveillance, battlefield communications, and critical artillery fire.” The ...

Video: Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Update 7:42 p.m.: Check out this ULA video of the fiery Atlas V launch. ULA recaps Project Kuiper mission, ends live coverage Update 7:27 p.m.: ...

ULA launched two prototype Kuiper satellites into orbit for months of testing in October 2023, but this mission — known as Kuiper Atlas 1, or KA-01 — marked Amazon’s first full-scale launch ...

Not all of them will fly on the Atlas V, however; Amazon plans to launch batches of Kuiper satellites aboard ULA's new Vulcan Centaur rocket, Arianespace's Ariane 6 and Blue Origin's New Glenn.

SpaceX’s Starlink initiative began deploying internet satellites in 2019 and so has a major head start on Amazon, but over time, Project Kuiper hopes to differentiate itself by offering ...

SpaceX's Falcon 9 will help launch and deploy a batch of Amazon's Kuiper satellites into orbit that could one day challenge ...

Australia aims for orbit with the Gilmour Eris rocket, while SpaceX launches Starlink and Kuiper satellites, and Europe prepares Vega C’s next mission.

Project Kuiper is designed to orbit slightly above Starlink, at an altitude of about 370 to 390 miles (590 to 630 kilometers), compared with Starlink’s 340 miles (550 km).

Here’s what’s launching this week from June 23–29: ULA’s Kuiper 2 mission leads the way, with SpaceX Starlink flights, Rocket Lab’s return, and more to follow.