All of the systems are testing well in simulated and lab settings, and we’ll soon be ready to see how they perform in space,” said Rajeev Badyal, vice president of technology for Project Kuiper at Amazon. “We’ve invented lots of new technology to meet our cost and performance targets for Project Kuiper. Amazon has filed with the Federal Communications Commission an experimental license application to launch and operate two prototype satellites for a low Earth orbit satellite constellation project meant to deliver broadband service to underserved and unserved communities worldwide.Īmazon said Tuesday it signed an agreement with ABL Space Systems to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida the prototype satellites – KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 – using the latter’s RS1 rocket by the fourth quarter of calendar year 2022 as part of Project Kuiper.
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