- Amazon plans to launch Project Kuiper, a network of 3,236 small satellites to create an interconnected network that beams high-speed internet to anywhere on Earth.
- Morgan Stanley estimates Project Kuiper represents as much as a ”$100 billion opportunity.”
- The firm’s estimate is based on its expectation that the space economy will grow to more than $1 trillion over the next 20 years.
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