{"id":8125,"date":"2023-10-09T17:44:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ulas-atlas-v-rocket-successfully-launches-amazons-project-kuiper-satellites\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T17:44:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:44:51","slug":"ulas-atlas-v-rocket-successfully-launches-amazons-project-kuiper-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ulas-atlas-v-rocket-successfully-launches-amazons-project-kuiper-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"ULA&#8217;s Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper Satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ula_C_638324327085546973.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"ULA's Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper Satellites\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ula_C_638324327085546973.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/ula_C_638324327085546973.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 158 times with 100 per cent mission success. The Protoflight launch is the first mission in a broader commercial partnership between ULA and Amazon to launch the majority of the Project Kuiper constellation. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initial launch is the first step in support of deployment of Amazon\u2019s initiative to provide fast, affordable broadband service to unserved and underserved communities around the world,\u201d said <strong>Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs<\/strong>. \u201cWe have worked diligently in partnership with the Project Kuiper team to launch this important mission that will help connect the world. We look forward to continuing and building on the partnership for future missions.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ULA\u2019s next launch is the inaugural Vulcan mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The next-generation Vulcan rocket will offer unprecedented flexibility in a single system with streamlined operations and greater affordability while continuing to provide unmatched reliability and orbital precision. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z2SpbNKapoM?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 158 times with 100 per cent mission success. The Protoflight launch is the first mission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,54,20],"class_list":["post-8125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-launch-vehicle-platforms","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}