To catch up with the competition, Bezos plans to rapidly deploy the rest of the Kuiper constellation in the coming months and years.

Project Kuiper addresses a critical global need: reliable internet access for billions who remain unconnected due to cost, geography, or infrastructure challenges.

Amazon, a company that Bezos started as an online bookseller decades ago, launched the first batch of 27 internet satellites for its “Kuiper” broadband internet constellation on Monday. It aims to compete with SpaceX Starlinks.