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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.
Project Kuiper aims to put thousands of satellites into orbit. ULA is Amazon's first launch provider. [42] Two Kuiper test satellites were launched on Atlas V in 2023 because their originally-contracted launch vehicles were not available on time. The remaining eight Atlas V Kuiper launches will each carry a full payload of Kuiper satellites.
Kuiper Systems, Amazon's satellite internet subsidiary, plans to ramp up launches for its constellation of over 3,000 satellites. The launches will occur on Falcon 9 , Ariane 6 , Vulcan Centaur and New Glenn launch vehicles.
Fifth CAS500 satellite, dedicated to observation of water resources. [13] Q4 (TBD) [71] H3: F8 Tanegashima LA-Y2: MHI: QZS-5 (Michibiki-5) CAO: Tundra: Navigation Q4 (TBD) [72] Vulcan Centaur VC6L Cape Canaveral SLC-41: ULA: KuiperSat × 45 Kuiper Systems: Low Earth: Communications Second of 38 Vulcan Centaur launches for Amazon's Project ...
In November 2020, ULA launched NROL-101, a top secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, on board their Atlas V in a 531 configuration. This launch was notable because it was the first flight of the GEM-63 solid rocket boosters, a version of which will be used on their Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.
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 ...
The 100,000 square-foot building is part of the roughly $10 billion that Amazon has vowed to invest in its Kuiper project, a planned network of 3,200 low Earth-orbiting satellites designed to beam ...
The Kuiper internet network is set to compete against billionaire Elon Musk's Starlink, the world's largest satellite operator, to offer broadband internet service globally to consumers, companies ...