Two years of negotiation to reach a historic contract. Arianespace will launch eighteen rockets on behalf of Amazon. This is the largest market ever signed by the European company. His mission ? Send more than 600 satellites by 2026. These small satellites will be dropped into low orbit, at an altitude of 600 kilometers.
The goal? Broadcast Internet broadband to the entire planet by 2030. Arianespace will carry out six launches per year for three years, starting in 2024. The company remains discreet about the contract that binds it to Amazon. It is, without a doubt, several billion euros in order to compete with the business ofElon Musk, that Amazon has entered the race for small satellites. The American billionaire promises to send 42,000 into orbit, 13 times more than Amazon. The battle of the constellations has only just begun.
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