Amazon's Project Kuiper Signs Up JetBlue as its First Airline Customer to Use its Satellite Internet
upstart writes:
JetBlue planes will start using Project Kuiper satellite Wi-Fi in 2027:
Amazon's new broadband satellite constellation just scored a big win.
The company announced on Thursday (Sept. 4) that JetBlue will start using Wi-Fi provided by Project Kuiper satellites on its flights in 2027. It's the first such commitment Amazon has received from an airline, a number of which have already signed up to use the services of a competitor - SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation.
[...] Project Kuiper is still in the early stages of construction; just 102 of its planned 3,200 satellites have reached low Earth orbit (LEO) to date.
But all 102 of those spacecraft have gone up in the past four months, on four separate rocket launches. And the company plans to move even faster going forward.
"We're continuing to accelerate our production, processing and deployment rates," Amazon representatives said in the same statement. "Our goal is to begin delivering service to our first customers later this year, and to roll out more widely as we add coverage and capacity to the network."
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