Amazon has just put its first Project Kuiper internet satellites into orbit, but when can it start to properly compete with SpaceX's Starlink?

The first operational batch of Project Kuiper satellites reached orbit Monday, kickstarting the deployment of a long-delayed broadband constellation.

Now a fresh batch of hardware that is making its way to orbit—a stack of two dozen satellites from delivery giant Amazon that are designed to send the Internet to Earth from space—highlights once again the challenges facing our civilization.