According to the news on May 2, as an e-commerce and retail giant, Amazon is planning to launch 3236 microsatellites into low earth orbit to build a space-based Internet and provide network access services from space. This project is called "project Kuiper" < p > in April this year, Amazon signed multi billion dollar contracts with three different entities to help it launch the Kuiper satellite. These companies include blue origin of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, joint launch Alliance (a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin) and Arianespace in Europe. This is the largest rocket transaction in the history of the commercial aerospace industry < p > space reporter Michael sheetz said: "in many ways, this is Amazon's response and competition to Elon Musk and its SpaceX star chain network." Amazon first disclosed the "koiper plan" in 2019, but the company's statement last month added new impetus to it < p > SpaceX's satellite Internet has about 2000 satellites operating in low earth orbit, providing services to about 250000 subscribers. Previously, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved SpaceX to launch a total of 12000 satellites. In contrast, Amazon has not launched any satellites, but it is still likely to become an important participant in this emerging field < p > Caleb Henry, senior analyst at quilty analytics, said: "the satellite communications market is worth tens of billions of dollars, and no one in the industry thinks it is suitable for the" winner takes all "rule. We expect at least two or more space-based Internet networks to appear, serving not only residential consumers, but also any enterprise or organization relying on Internet connection." < p > according to the data of the International Telecommunication Union under the United Nations, it is estimated that 37% of the world's population has never used the Internet, of which 96% live in developing countries. Together with Facebook and Google, Amazon has joined the list of technology giants that invest in developing digital infrastructure to support their core services < p > Henry said: "Amazon is known as everything company, but it is difficult to have everything company without the Internet. Amazon's fastest-growing area is its AWS cloud service. In order to support it, the company has established a large number of Internet infrastructure, including data center and optical fiber network." < p > Henry added that space is a "very natural expansion of Amazon's data business and consumer business, providing goods, electronic products and resources to people around the world". (small) < / P > < p > < / P > < p > < / P > < p >