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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.
The company sent its first two prototype satellites into space on Friday as part of Project Kuiper, its answer to SpaceX’s Starlink service.
Kuiper Systems LLC, also known as Project Kuiper, is a subsidiary of Amazon that was established in 2019 to deploy a large satellite internet constellation to provide low-latency broadband connectivity. [2] [3] The name Kuiper was a company codename for the project inspired by the Kuiper belt.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper aims to put more than 3,000 satellites in orbit to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink service.
The first two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet network are now due to launch on the first-ever flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket early ...
First of 38 Vulcan Centaur launches for Amazon's Project Kuiper. Mission Designated "Vulcan Kuiper Mission #1 (KV-01)" 2025 (TBD) [280] Vulcan Centaur: Cape Canaveral SLC-41: ULA: PTS-P Northrop Grumman: Geosynchronous: Technology demonstration On-orbit demonstration mission for the U.S. Space Force's Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) program ...
Amazon said it had achieved a 100% success rate within the first 30 days of the launch of the prototype satellites from Florida aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
Date / time Rocket, configuration Launch site Payload Orbit Customer 2026 [19] Vulcan Centaur Cape Canaveral, SLC‑41 [20] Missile Track Custody 1 MEO: U.S. Space Force: First launch of Missile Track Custody satellites. Q4 2026 [19] Vulcan Centaur Vandenberg, SLC‑3E: SDA T2TL-B LEO: SDA: Tranche 2 Transport Layer B missile tracking satellites.