Tag: Atlas 5-551
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ULA launches first production Amazon Kuiper satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral
United Launch Alliance launches their Atlas V 551 rocket on Monday, April 28, 2025 with the first batch of Project Kuiper satellites for Amazon towards low Earth orbit from SLC-41 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Against the setting Sun, United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket thundered off the pad at Cape Canaveral…
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Poor weather forces a scrub of the Kuiper 1 launch on a ULA Atlas 5
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket sits on Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral at sunset. The Atlas V will launch the Kuiper 1 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation. Image: United Launch Alliance A band of off-shore thunderstorms forced United Launch Alliance to scrub a launch attempt of…
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Amazon targets April 9 for launch of 1st production satellites for its Project Kuiper internet mega-constellation
United Launch Alliance (ULA) payload fairings encapsulate 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites ahead of their launch no earlier than April 9, 2025. Image: Amazon Amazon is less than a week away from the first launch to assemble its satellite internet constellation, called Project Kuiper. It plans to send 27 of its satellites into low…
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ULA launches Atlas 5 rocket on the company’s 100th national security mission
United Launch Alliances Atlas V 551 rocket rises from the launchpad at Space Launch Complex 41 as the Sun crests over the horizon. The rocket supported the USSF-51 mission on July 30, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket marked its swan song when it comes to launching critical missions connected…