Amazon gets 9 ULA satellite launch vehicles for broadband internet program


FILE PHOTO The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves France August 8 2018. REUTERSPascal RossignolFile PhotoFile PhotoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo/File Photo/File Photo

(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it had secured nine satellite launch vehicles from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to support the initial deployment of its broadband internet initiative, Project Kuiper.

Atlas V launch vehicles from ULA, a joint rocket venture between Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp, is the first of many vehicles which will be used to deploy Amazon's satellite constellation to orbit.

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