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WHAT IS PROJECT KUIPER?

Amazon confirmed that its mysterious Project Kuiper will aim to position the e-commerce giant as a global ISP.

In the coming years it plans to launch more than 3,000 satellites into orbit where they will beam high-speed internet down to Earth. 

The satellites would enter low-Earth orbit where they will be able to deliver high-speed, low-latency internet to million of people. 

Competition for the project has already arisen in the form of SpaceX's Starlink program and the company OneWeb, which launched six satellites this year. 

OneWeb's low-Earth orbiting satellite's are capable of delivering up to 500 MBPS per user.

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