Amazon Scrubs Wednesday Rocket Launch for Its Starlink Satellite Service Rival
- Amazon delayed its Project Kuiper satellite launch on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral.
- Poor weather, including cumulus clouds and winds, caused the launch delay.
- A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will carry the satellites to low Earth orbit.
- ULA said, "Weather is observed and forecast NO GO for liftoff within the remaining launch window".
- This delay is a setback for Project Kuiper as Amazon aims to deploy over 3,200 satellites.
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First Launch of Amazon’s Satellite Network Grounded Due to Weather
Spotlights displayed a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket ready to fly from Florida’s Space Coast on the night of April 9 as her launch window ticked away. The cold white vapors radiating from her main stage’s cryogenic fuel tank danced in the whipping winds that were to keep her grounded. Originally scheduled to lift off Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex 41 at 7 p.m., the launch time was pushed back several times due …
Launch of Amazon's 1st Kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket attempted to launch 27 of Amazon's first Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 9, but persistent clouds near the pad violated launch rules.
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