Amazon Leo's satellite homework is late, but FCC won't flunk it just yet

Summary

Amazon's orbital broadband project (Project Kuiper) will miss its July 30 deadline to have 1,616 spacecraft in place. The FCC said it won't penalize immediately but requires Amazon to submit an updated plan. The project aims to compete with SpaceX's Starlink for global satellite internet.

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