Atlas V 501 | Project Kuiper Protoflight Mission
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Launch Window
Oct. 6, 2023, 6 p.m. - Oct. 6, 2023, 8 p.m.
Oct. 6, 2023, 6 p.m. - Oct. 6, 2023, 8 p.m.
This launch will launch 2 KuiperSat demonstration satellites to 500 km altitude, 30 degree inclination orbit. They were previously scheduled on the 1st Vulcan launch. Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.
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Launch success.
Launch success.
Liftoff.
Livestream has started
Weather 85% GO.
Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 0 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
See DetailsUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
INFO WIKI
Amazon has successfully tested inter-satellite links between its two Project Kuiper prototypes in low Earth orbit, the company announced Dec. 14 as it prepares to start filling out a mesh broadband network in space next year.
Amazon will include a key speed-boosting technology in its coming Project Kuiper internet satellites, the company announced Thursday.
Amazon's Project Kuiper has announced the successful testing and validation of its optical inter-satellite link (OISL) capabilities.
Commercial Project Kuiper satellites are entering production next month without design changes after two recently launched prototypes aced end-to-end tests, the broadband constellation’s vice president of technology said in an interview.
A little over a month after launch, Amazon on Thursday announced its pair of prototype internet satellites were fully successfully in operations and testing.
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