Following recent tests, Amazon is finally ready to launch its Project Kuiper space internet project in a bid to rival Elon Musk's Starlink, the company announced. The first batch of 27 satellites on the KA-01 (Kuiper Atlas 1) mission are set to launch into low earth orbit (LEO) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on April 9th next week from Cape Canaveral if conditions allow.

The first of 3,200 Project Kuiper satellites blast off next week.

Project Kuiper will eventually be a constellation of 3,200 satellites. The first launch is planned for April 9.

Amazon will begin deploying its satellite broadband constellation, Project Kuiper, this month in what is expected to become the first serious challenge to the dominance of Elon Musk’s Starlink. As soon as April 9,

Amazon on Wednesday said it plans to launch this month the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network, a long-awaited moment for a budding constellation that will pose the biggest challenge yet to Elon Musk's massive Starlink system.

A launch date is set for the first batch of what will be thousands of satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper as the company looks to play catch-up to SpaceX and its Starlink internet constellation.

Amazon's Project Kuiper plans to send 27 satellites into low-Earth orbit next week on a United Launch Alliance rocket.

Amazon will launch 27 satellites as part of its Project Kuiper mission next week, aiming to build a constellation of over 3,000 internet satellites in orbit.