Tag: Project Kuiper
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SpaceX delays launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites amid backdrop of poor weather
SpaceX transports 24 Project Kuiper satellites inside its payload fairings from Amazon’s Payload Processing Facility at the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility out to Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Amazon Update Oct. 11, 12:21 a.m. EDT (0421 UTC): SpaceX delayed the mission until Sunday, Oct. 12. Update…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to launch three times, Blue Origin to launch crew
SpaceX leads the launch manifest for the first whole week of October with two Falcon 9 missions. Both of these missions will launch satellites into SpaceX’s internet constellation, Starlink. Meanwhile, Blue Origin joined the launch schedule by launching six people to suborbital space on its New Shepard vehicle, and Orienspace launched for the second time using…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 launches Starlink and Kuiper satellites
SpaceX is scheduled to launch up to three times this week, with each mission planned to deploy internet communications satellites into low-Earth orbit: two for the company’s own Starlink megaconstellation and one for its competitor, Amazon’s Project Kuiper. China kicked off the week’s launch manifest, for those in UTC, with the launch of its 100th…
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ULA launches third batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance launches their Atlas 5 rocket on June 25, 2025, with a batch of 27 Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon towards low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now Roughly an hour past sunrise, an Atlas 5 551 rocket from United…
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Eutelsat, Skynopy to Test Use of OneWeb Ground Stations for Earth Observation Data
European satellite operator Eutelsat said it will work with French startup Skynopy to explore selling unused capacity from its OneWeb ground stations to Earth observation operators. The initiative will start with tests on Ka-band antennas across OneWeb’s 42 gateway sites worldwide. “Any LEO ground station network has, by nature, idle time on its ground stations,”…
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How AI and other trends in technology are starting to supercharge the space industry
The first mission for Blue Origin’s Blue Ring orbital maneuvering vehicle, scheduled for next year, serves as an example of multiple trends driving progress in the space industry. (Blue Origin Illustration) Artificial intelligence and other technological trends are smoothing the way for commercial space ventures ranging from multibillion-dollar companies to a new wave of startups.…
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Amazon executives tout gigabit data speeds during test of Project Kuiper satellite network
A screenshot shows a data downlink speed in excess of 1.2 gigabits per second. (Panos Panay via X) Amazon executives are showing off evidence that the company’s Project Kuiper satellite constellation is capable of transmitting data at speeds in excess of a gigabit per second. The evidence is in the form of a video posted…
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SpaceX launches Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites on fifth scheduled attempt
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 broadband internet satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper low Earth orbit constellation lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 11, 9:15 a.m. EDT: SpaceX landed the booster on its droneship. After four…
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Poor weather scrubs SpaceX’s second launch attempt to launch 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical at the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the launch of the KF-02 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet satellite constellation. Image: SpaceX Update Aug. 7, 10:18 a.m. EDT: SpaceX scrubbed the launch attempt; updating weather information.…
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Launch Roundup: Electron launches and Falcon 9 delivers more Kuiper Satellites to orbit
Three rockets launched this week, despite stormy weather causing scrubs and delays. SpaceX succeeded in launching a mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper missions, but United Launch Alliance’s launch of a navigation technology demonstrator and a classified Space Force payload atop the most powerful configuration of the company’s new Vulcan rocket to date has now been…