Amazon’s Project Kuiper, in the process of building a new low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation for global internet access, has announced a new investment of $19.5 million to expand its presence at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
The move brings the company’s total investment in the site to nearly $140 million, having last year broken ground on a $120 million satellite processing facility at the Center. The $19.5 million in new funding will go towards the addition of a secondary support facility at the site.
The building will provide additional space to process and store flight hardware ahead of launch, allowing for a regular cadence of missions to deploy Project Kuiper’s 3,232-satellite constellation. Construction is forecast to be completed in 2025.
“We are excited to expand our operations at the Kennedy Space Center with this new facility,” said Steve Metayer, vice president of Project Kuiper production operations.
“This investment underscores our commitment to Project Kuiper as we work towards providing high-speed, low-latency broadband internet to communities around the world.”
Project Kuiper is currently projected to begin delivering service to customers in 2025, with more than 2,000 people at Amazon now working on the programme.
