The first 27 satellites for Amazon's Kuiper broadband internet constellation were launched into space from Florida on Monday, kicking off the long-delayed deployment of an internet-from-space network that will rival SpaceX's Starlink.

An Atlas V rocket carried the internet satellites into space on Monday. They'll compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.

Australian telcos, government, the NBN and individual consumers will be the beneficiaries of Amazon’s long-awaited launch of its first Project Kuiper satellites. Twenty-seven low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites were released into space from a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket early Tuesday AEST.