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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation lifts off from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States on October 6, 2023
A rocket holding the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet network blasts off.

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  • The first two satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet service were launched on Friday.
  • They are the first of more than 3,200 planned satellites set to provide orbital broadband services.
  • Amazon's network aims to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink once it is fully developed.

Amazon launched its first two satellites into orbit on Friday in a challenge to Elon Musk's Starlink internet service.

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