As part of plans to launch a Starlink-like space internet service, Amazon has announced a $120M investment in a satellite facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
Amazon has a bold plan to take on SpaceX’s internet-from-space Starlink service, but there’s plenty of preparation work to be done before it can begin commercial operations.
Like Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper service will be powered by several thousand small satellites in low-Earth orbit designed to provide fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
Moving toward its goal, the company recently announced that it will invest $120 million in a satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
The 100,000-square-foot facility will prepare and integrate the satellites with a United Launch Alliance (ULA) or Blue Origin rocket in the final step prior to being blasted to space from the nearby Cape Canaveral launch site.
