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In December 2023, it was announced that Amazon had secured three Kuiper launches aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9. [7] The Vulcan Centaur rocket launched for the first time on January 8, 2024, [22] clearing the way for the future ordered launches of Kuiper Systems satellites. Vulcan will launch 38 times for Kuiper.
The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s network, called Project Kuiper, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2:06 p.m. ET Friday.
Tranche 1 Tracking Layer B missile tracking satellites. Q3 2025 [18] Vulcan Centaur VC2S Vandenberg, SLC‑3E: SDA T1TR-D LEO: SDA: Tranche 1 Tracking Layer D missile tracking satellites. December 2025 [19] Vulcan Centaur Cape Canaveral, SLC‑41 [20] NG-OPIR-GEO 1 GEO: U.S. Space Force: Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellite ...
Amazon just inked a deal with chief competitor and Elon Musk-helmed SpaceX to launch internet-beaming satellites — a move that comes even as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pursues his own space ...
Amazon’s Project Kuiper aims to put more than 3,000 satellites in orbit to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink service. Amazon launches first Project Kuiper satellites with goal of creating a ...
Iridium-9 rideshare mission, carrying up to five Iridium NEXT satellites, 15 OneWeb Gen1 satellites, and a Gen2 test satellite (Iridium-9 & OneWeb #19 Mission). [162] 21 May 08:00 [165] Long March 2C: Y60 Jiuquan SLS-2: CASC: Macao Science-1A MUST: Low Earth: Space weather: In orbit: Operational Macao Science-1B MUST: Low Earth: Space weather ...
Amazon says Project Kuiper needs a total of 3,236 satellites to be complete, and based on that number, the Federal Communications Commission issued the company a license conditioned on its putting ...
Amazon's first two satellites were originally scheduled to launch late this year. Now they'll take off in early 2023, the company said in a statement.