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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket 28 Amazion Kuiper at the top of the launch panel at Cape Canaveral Space Force in Florida ready to fly during a launch period on April 9, 2025. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Amazon may be the Whiz in Fast Online Devisions, but the huge company will have to wait to start the first satellite in the new space constellation of space after the bad weather foiled his faith on Wednesday evening.
A United Launch Alliance Try ATLAS V ROCIT The first online Swatil project kuiper ULA officials said the orbit from the Cape Capeeral space station in Florida on April 9, but continuous clouds near the launch bases violated the painting.
“It has been emphasized that we will not continue in the Amazon Quiber project 1 Launch activities today, Calip Weiss, said, said in the launch of Ula during the live broadcast.
Bad weather was afflicted with an attempt to launch Ula Amazon throughout a two -hour flight window at 7 pm EST (2300 GMT). ULA officials said that the release units worked through some technical defects, but they were primarily concerned with thick clouds and rain 10 miles from the painting, which violated the rules of the weather.
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The Kuiper Project is Amazon’s answer to megaconstellation from Spacex Starlink satellites To provide a high -speed internet around the world. Amazon hopes to build a range of 3,200 satellites in the coming years to support foothold in the space Internet market.
While Ula launches these first industrial satellites, Amazon took advantage of A wide range of launch services For the project, including new new flights Volcan Senthor missileArianesPace Boosters, Blue Original New Glen And Spaces’s Falcon Rocket Family.
In October 2023, Amazon launched Two satellites Koyber On a pilot trip, the road paves the way for this first mortar of the first operations of a operating satellite.
