Amazon Turns to Rival SpaceX to Launch Next Batch of Kuiper Internet Satellites

Amazon turns to rival SpaceX to launch next batch of Kuiper internet satellites

Amazon is racing to catch up to SpaceX's Starlink, which currently dominates the market with a constellation of roughly 8,000 satellites.

SpaceX To Launch 24 Amazon Project Kuiper Satellites On A Falcon 9 Rocket From Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now - Data Intelligence

A pair of Falcon 9 rocket payload fairings roll out of Amazon’s satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The fairings contain 24 Project Kuiper satellites. Image: Amazon Amazon is preparing for the third launch of its Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites. This time around, they’ll launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission, dubbed KF-01 or Kuiper Falcon 1, is scheduled to liftoff at the beginning of a 27-minute …

SpaceX to launch Amazon’s Project Kuiper-01 on Tuesday from the Cape – SatNews

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, July 16 for a Falcon 9 launch of the KF–01 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The 27-minute window opens at 2:18 a.m. ET. If needed, a backup launch opportunity is available on Thursday, July 17 with a 27-minute window that opens at 1:57 a.m. ET. Project Kuiper is a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation that will provide fast, affordable …