Amazon has accelerated its push into the satellite internet market, launching a second batch of Project Kuiper satellites in a direct challenge to SpaceX’s Starlink. The June 23 launch, which sent 27 additional Kuiper satellites into low-Earth orbit,

Amazon launched its second batch of Kuiper internet satellites using the Atlas V rocket by United Launch Alliance (ULA). The rocket lifted from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The cloud service parent company is ramping up plans for a massive constellation that competes with Elon Musk’s Starlink.