Amazon.com Inc.’s first batch of production satellites launched toward low-Earth orbit on Monday, the biggest step to date in the company’s effort to establish a business broadcasting internet connectivity from space.

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.

Amazon's first internet satellites are in orbit. United Launch Alliance's Atlas rocket blasted off Monday from Florida, carrying 27 of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites.