Update for 1 p.m. ET on June 16: The planned June 16 launch of the Kuiper-2 mission was scrubbed due to an issue with its United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket — specifically, "an engineering observation of an elevated purge temperature within the booster engine," ULA wrote via X on June 16. No new target launch date has been announced.

Real-time location tracking, data localisation, metadata sharing and website blocking are among the requirements.

Amazon is keen to get its second batch of internet satellites into orbit, but it won’t be happening just yet.

SpaceX celebrated the 500th launch of a Falcon rocket last week with the Starlink 12-19 mission, which was also the company’s 70th launch of the year and its first for June. SpaceX achieved a total of 17 launches in May, with 16 Falcon 9 launches and the ninth test flight of Starship.

The United Launch Alliance liftoff planned for Monday with dozens of new satellites to join Amazon's "Project Kuiper" mission was delayed due to engineering issues.

Project Kuiper aims to provide global broadband internet coverage through a network of low Earth orbit satellites.