Amazon launched its first two prototype satellites into space on Friday, as Jeff Bezos’ tech giant races to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX in building a mega-constellation of broadband internet-providing satellites. The duo, called Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2, will be deployed in an orbit 311 miles above Earth’s surface.
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