Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation faces a cosmic traffic jam. According to Ars Technica, hundreds of the company's satellites are awaiting launches, as the new heavy-lift rockets Amazon was banking on have failed to materialize. Only Arianespace, Europe's launch provider, has reliably delivered capacity. Even for one of the world's richest companies, getting to space requires waiting in line.

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