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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket has delivered into orbit the first 27 low-Earth orbit (LEO) broadband satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper constellation.
The rocket carrying the Kuiper-1 mission lifted off yesterday from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, kicking off Amazon’s play into the space comms sector.
The launch marks the beginning of full-scale deployment of the Kuiper constellation, and “a new chapter in the commercial launch industry” as Amazon teams up with ULA to deliver a majority of its LEO sats, we’re told.
