Published: Jul 16 2025, 04:05 AM EDT Share on Facebook Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images Amazon is planning to launch more Kuiper satellites, and it has now selected SpaceX to fly their payload towards the low-Earth orbit (LEO) despite being one of their biggest rivals in the market with the Starlink service. Project Kuiper has a timeline to follow, and it needs to bring more satellites to grow its network and establish their service to the market. Previously, Amazon already launched two Project Kuiper payloads to orbit that were fulfilled by United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Amazon Kuiper Selects Rival SpaceX for Mission Amazon announced that the next schedule of its Project Kuiper mission is already set for July 16, and the massive change in this venture is their selection of SpaceX to fulfill the launch for them. The company revealed that they will load their Kuiper satellites to their rival, using the Falcon 9 reusable rocket to deliver the payload to orbit. The e-commerce giant revealed that a total of 24 Kuiper satellites would be launched under this latest mission under the name "KF-01."This also marks the first time it launches on a SpaceX rocket. The mission would be launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Launch Complex 40, with the launch window opening at 2:18 a.m. EDT. SpaceX will command the mission until it reaches an altitude of 289 miles (465 kilometers) from the ground, and then the Project Kuiper team will take command of the mission until it reaches its assigned altitude of 630 km.