Amazon's latest batch of satellites launched into orbit, providing internet services for this year and challenging Starlink to pave the way.

A rocket from the United Launch Alliance sent 29 Amazon satellites into space, paving the way for the company to launch broadband services later this year and challenge SpaceX's dominant position in the Starlink network. The Atlas V rocket carrying the latest batch of Amazon Leo satellites took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 00:30 local time on Thursday morning.