Amazon’s Kuiper Readies Its Next Launches

SpaceX Launches 24 More Amazon Kuiper Satellites Expanding Global Broadband Effort - Inside Towers

Amazon’s Project Kuiper got a major lift early Wednesday as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 satellites into orbit, marking the third deployment for the growing broadband network, according to UPI. Liftoff occurred at 2:30 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, with the Kuiper satellites entering low Earth orbit 289 miles above the planet. Amazon devices chief Panos Panay thanked SpaceX and celebrated the milestone on X, noting excitement for the exp…

Amazon’s Kuiper readies its next launches

Amazon’s Project Kuiper, its would-be broadband satellite rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, is gearing up for its next launches. It has a new 100,000 square foot payload processing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida that is capable of preparing satellites for three near-simultaneous launch campaigns. The facility, when fully operational, will turn out 100 […]