Amazon targets 2024 launch of first Kuiper internet satellites

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) – Amazon.com (AMZN.O) plans to launch its first internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 and offer initial commercial tests shortly after, the company said Tuesday, as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others to provide broadband internet globally.

Reporting by Joey Roulette, Editing by Rosalba O’Brien, Nick Zieminski and Sharon Singleton …