
The investment is meant to produce a 100,000-square-foot facility that features a 100-foot tall high bay for the payload that Amazon will be aiming to send into orbit with the help of separate Jeff Bezos space venture, Blue Origin. With said project, Amazon hopes to be able to launch thousands of low-orbit satellites which will be able to provide high-speed internet service to anywhere in the world.Īmazon announced details on Project Kuiper and the $120 million Florida facility investment in a press release on its website on July 21, 2023. The company has announced a $120 million investment in a facility in Florida near Cape Canaveral which will serve as the foundation for Project Kuiper. It would appear that Amazon is making major investments to create what could be a new internet network service, as well as a direct competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink.
