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Kuiper

American  
[kahy-per] / ˈkaɪ pər /

noun

  1. Gerard Peter, 1905–73, U.S. astronomer, born in the Netherlands.


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Amazon also plans to spend on its robotics and fulfillment technology as well as its satellite communications business, known as Project Kuiper.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

The destroyed rocket had been due to deploy a batch of 48 satellites for Amazon's Leo broadband constellation - the network formerly known as Project Kuiper which is designed to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink.

From BBC May 29, 2026

The giant disk stretches nearly 400 billion miles across, making it about 40 times wider than our solar system out to the Kuiper Belt.

From Science Daily May 12, 2026

Amazon has invested billions of dollars in Leo, which it launched as Project Kuiper in 2019.

From MarketWatch Apr. 14, 2026

Only a few astronomers, notably Gerard Kuiper, the Dutch-born astronomer for whom the Kuiper belt of comets is named, took any interest in the solar system at all.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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