Rajeev Badyal, Vice President of Technology for Project Kuiper, emphasized the importance of real-world testing after years of laboratory-based experiments, stating, “This is Amazon’s first time putting satellites into space, and we’re going to learn an incredible amount regardless of how the mission unfolds.”
Amazon will rely on an Atlas V rocket provided by United Launch Alliance (ULA) to send its initial pair of satellites into orbit at an altitude of 500km, which is approximately 50km lower than Starlink’s satellites.
