Jeff Bezos coming for Elon Musk, to launch rival to Starlink
satellite internet market. The CEO of SpaceX, who is responsible for the Starlink satellite internet service, Elon Musk, is facing serious competition from Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. More than 6,000 satellites from Musk's Starlink have already been launched into orbit, providing internet connectivity everywhere and even assisting with communications during the conflict in Ukraine. Along with growing its service offering, Starlink has lately started providing free emergency calls and has partnered with US cell networks like T-cell, as per the reports of The U.S. Sun.
Amazon's Project Kuiper aims to compete
With his own space ambitions through Project Kuiper, Bezos is not far behind Musk, who has dominated the satellite internet business thus far. Despite Kuiper's setbacks and lack of success beyond launching two prototypes in late 2022, Amazon intends to send more than 3,000 satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The intention is to offer internet via satellite that could directly rival Starlink.
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Getting regulatory clearances has been one of Project Kuiper's toughest hurdles. Amazon has already been given approval by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch 3,236 satellites in five phases. However, Bezos' plans would face another obstacle if international expansion required additional permits from other nations.
In a recent milestone for Project Kuiper, the UK’s telecom regulator, Ofcom, has
