Why Amazon Is Letting Its Rival Launch Its Satellites

Why Amazon is letting its rival launch its satellites

Satellite companies find themselves between a rocket and a hard place.

Fourth delay of Project Kuiper caused by weather

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch for Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites has been postponed again due to poor weather conditions at Cape Canaveral.

Bad weather for Falcon 9 booster recovery prevents launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites – Spaceflight Now

Poor weather in the booster recovery zone caused a scrub of the KF-02 mission, preventing the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a fourth time in as many days. Image: SpaceX via livestream Update Aug. 10, 9:30 a.m. EDT: Poor weather in the booster recovery zone scrubs KF-02 launch; now targeting Monday, Aug. 11. For a fourth time in as many days, SpaceX was unable to launch 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet service from Ca…

Amazon tops 100 satellites after weather-delayed Kuiper launch

Amazon shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit on Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts were interrupted by weather issues. Monday’s launch is the fourth Kuiper mission, and Amazon now has 102 satellites in orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:35 a.m. […] The post Amazon tops 100 satellites after weather-delayed Kuiper launch appeared first on OODAloo…

SpaceX set to launch another rocket for Amazon from Florida’s Space Coast - Finnoexpert

You might catch a rocket ascending into the clouds Monday morning from Florida’s Space Coast — if the fifth time is a charm. The launch is scheduled for 8:35 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX has postponed sending its Falcon 9 on the KF-02 mission four times now. The latest was on Sunday, when weather caused officials to scrub the launch less than 90 seconds before liftoff. This will be the second time SpaceX sends its rocket …