Amazon’s Project kuiperThe company’s initiative to launch a fleet of satellites into low-ear-orbit and beam internet connection to users, is struggling to ramp up production, Bloomberg reported on Wednsday.
The competitor to elon musk’s starlink has complete a few dozen satellites, according to the report. The venture reporteds to quadruple its rate of production in order to meet a government deadline, which requires the company to launch 1,600 satellites into space by next summer.
Project Kuiper seems to be a long way from catching up with starlink, which currently has roughly 8,000 satellites in orbites in orbit and more than 5 million customers, the report notes.
Besides production delays, kuiper’s satellites have struggled to hit a ride into space due to rocket launch delays, which are common for the space industry. A launch scheduled for earlier this month was called off due to weather and is Now rescued for next week.