US EditionSpaceX Targets Nighttime Launch of Competitor Amazon's Satellites
This launch increases Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation to 153 satellites as part of a plan for 3,236 satellites to provide global broadband internet, FCC data shows.
- On Saturday, October 11, SpaceX is targeting the KF-03 Falcon 9 liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — Space Launch Complex 40 no earlier than 8:41 p.m. ET.
- Amazon turned to SpaceX to speed launches after delays to United Launch Alliance's Vulcan, Blue Origin's New Glenn and Arianespace's Ariane 6, while using a $140 million satellite processing facility at Kennedy Space Center.
- A Falcon 9 will carry 24 Project Kuiper satellites on the KF-03 mission, deploying them about 56.5 minutes after liftoff at roughly 289 miles over 7.5 minutes.
- The launch would bring Kuiper to 153 satellites total as the KF-03 mission marks the sixth overall and third SpaceX-contracted flight, with backup windows on October 10th and October 12.
- SpaceX's Starlink already operates more than 8,500 spacecraft while Amazon's Project Kuiper plans 3,236 satellites under a Federal Communications Commission license requiring half by July 2026.
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SpaceX delays launching Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites amid backdrop of poor weather – Spaceflight Now
SpaceX transports 24 Project Kuiper satellites inside its payload fairings from Amazon’s Payload Processing Facility at the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility out to Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Amazon Update Oct. 9, 1:20 p.m. EDT (1720 UTC): SpaceX delayed the mission until Saturday, Oct. 11. SpaceX was preparing to launch 24 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites Thursd…
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SpaceX targets nighttime launch of competitor Amazon’s satellites
SpaceX is set to finish up its third of three contracted launches of competitor Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites on Thursday night. A Falcon 9 on the KF-3 mission to launch 24 more of Amazon’s broadband internet satellites is set to lift off from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A targeting 9:34 p.m. during a launch window that runs from 9:24 p.m.- 11:58 p.m. The first-stage booster is flying for the second time and will aim for a recovery l…
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The KF-03 mission will launch from Space Launch Complex 40.
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