{"id":17125,"date":"2025-05-02T22:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/amazon-exec-shares-views-of-project-kuiper-satellites-getting-off-to-an-entirely-nominal-start\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T22:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:33:11","slug":"amazon-exec-shares-views-of-project-kuiper-satellites-getting-off-to-an-entirely-nominal-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/amazon-exec-shares-views-of-project-kuiper-satellites-getting-off-to-an-entirely-nominal-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon exec shares views of Project Kuiper satellites getting off to an \u2018entirely nominal\u2019 start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A video shows Project Kuiper satellites being deployed in orbit. (Amazon \/ ULA \/ Rajeev Badyal via LinkedIn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several days after the launch of the first full-scale satellites in Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper constellation, the mission team is still on an adrenaline high, according to the team\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s early in the mission and we still have lots of work ahead,\u201d Rajeev Badyal, Amazon\u2019s vice president of technology and head of Project Kuiper, said today in a LinkedIn post. \u201cIt\u2019s been an entirely nominal start though, and that\u2019s all thanks to the talent, passion and dedication of the Kuiper team. They\u2019ve delivered in a big way here \u2013 for Amazon and for our customers \u2013 and I\u2019m so proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Project Kuiper is Amazon\u2019s effort to build a satellite-based broadband network that could eventually serve millions of people around the world. It\u2019s seen as a competitor for SpaceX\u2019s Starlink network, which already has more than 7,000 satellites in low Earth orbit and more than 5 million users.<\/p>\n

Following up on a test mission in 2023, Amazon had its first batch of 27 operational Project Kuiper satellites launched into orbit from Florida on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Monday. Those satellites are now being checked out by the mission operations team in Redmond, Wash. The launch kicked off a campaign that\u2019s expected to take years to execute, leading to the deployment of 3,232 satellites.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s satellites are built at a 172,000-square-foot facility in Kirkland, Wash., with additional work being done at Project Kuiper\u2019s Redmond headquarters.<\/p>\n

The company hasn\u2019t shared many images of the satellites, apparently for proprietary reasons. Badyal, however, posted a video that provided a rare peek of the satellites being deployed in orbit from the Atlas V rocket\u2019s Centaur upper stage. The video shows the satellites rising from the upper stage in sequence and floating off into space. A thin blue slice of Earth\u2019s disk can be seen at the end of the clip.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll satellites were successfully deployed right on time 36 minutes into the mission,\u201d Badyal reported.<\/p>\n

Amazon says it has already begun shipping and processing satellites for the next launch, which will also involve an Atlas V rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. <\/p>\n

Under the current terms of its license from the Federal Communications Commission, more than 1,600 satellites are supposed to be deployed by mid-2026 \u2013 but Amazon is likely to ask regulators for an extension of the deadline.<\/p>\n

The current schedule calls for Amazon to begin delivering satellite broadband service to customers later this year.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to Isaac Alexander at Hype. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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