which will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This is just the earliest beginnings of the system, which Amazon says will be made up of 3200 satellites in low-Earth orbit.

The shopping event could be extended to up to four days, allowing the company and sellers to drum up even more revenue amid the tumultuous economic climate. Amazon declined to comment. Arun ...

Amazon's Project Kuiper this month will launch more than two dozen satellites into space, a step the company said will lead toward bringing fast, reliable internet to customers worldwide.