Amazon's first Internet satellites are coming and it will be here in 2022

Amazon is planning on launching its internet satellites and the company announced that it will be available for customers as early as late 2022.

“There is no substitute for on-orbit testing, and we expect to learn a lot given the complexity and risk of operating in such a challenging environment,” Amazon vice president of technology Rajeev Badyal said in a statement.

Called KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, Amazon said the satellites will launch with rocket builder ABL Space on its RS1 vehicle

“We’ll soon be ready to see how [the satellites] perform in space,” Amazon vice president of technology Rajeev Badyal said in a statement. “There is no substitute for on-orbit testing, and we expect to learn a lot given the complexity and risk of operating in such a challenging environment.”