Amazon said April 29 it has made contact with its first 27 operational Project Kuiper broadband satellites, after being dropped off in low Earth orbit by ULA’s Atlas V rocket.

Amazon successfully launched 27 low-Earth orbit satellites on Monday night as part of Project Kuiper, which will provide satellite broadband services. The launch mission, KA-01 or Kuiper Atlas 1, utilized a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, and began its journey from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.