Days after Amazon, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, confirmed that it is working on a project to launch a network of satellites for high-speed internet services, the news of the launch got competitor Elon Musk’s notice.
Responding to a news report on Amazon’s satellite launch on Twitter, Mr Musk tagged Jeff Bezos calling him a copycat using a cat emoticon for portion of his tweet. Days after Amazon, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, confirmed that it is working on a project to launch a network of satellites for high-speed internet services, the news of the launch got competitor Elon Musk’s notice.
Responding to a news report on Amazon’s satellite launch on Twitter, Mr Musk tagged Jeff Bezos calling him a copycat using a cat emoticon for portion of his tweet. Mr Musk’s comment comes after Amazon hired a SpaceX executive, Rajeev Badyal, fired by the SpaceX CEO. Mr Badyal was later in-charge of running the satellite project for Amazon.According to news agency AFP, several companies have been attempting to use space-based internet systems since the 1990s including one backed by Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Saudi royal family investors.
