Amazon, SpaceX and Google are going all in to win the satellite space race

Jeff Bezos just unveiled Project Kuiper, his ambitious plan to launch 3,236 satellites into space in order to provide the whole world with high speed internet connectivity.

But, he’s not alone in this endeavour.


According to the Satellite Industry Association, the global market for satellite-based broadband and television services is an $127.7 billion opportunity and the satellite launch services market is estimated to be around $5.5 billion.

And, the potential is huge will nearly 4 billion people around the world with underserved access to the internet according to the United Nations.


And, everyone wants a piece of the pie from billionaires like Bezos and Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, to tech giants like Google and smaller satellite manufacturers, like OneWeb and Telesat.

These are all the contenders of the satellite wars and how far they’ve gotten with their satellite constellations: