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Amazon set for launch of Starlink-rival satellites [View all]
I really think we need some control on this.
From phys.org
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The mission, called Kuiper Atlas 1, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:00 pm local time (2300 GMT), aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry 27 satellites into orbit.
Weather conditions appeared 75% favorable.
Project Kuiper, a subsidiary of the online retail giant founded by Jeff Bezos, is playing catch-up with Starlink—SpaceX's sprawling network of internet satellites that has reshaped the sector and handed Musk significant geopolitical clout.
The $10 billion initiative plans to deploy 3,200 satellites into low Earth orbit—the region of space up to 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) above the planet—with hopes of going live later this year.
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The mission, called Kuiper Atlas 1, is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:00 pm local time (2300 GMT), aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry 27 satellites into orbit.
Weather conditions appeared 75% favorable.
Project Kuiper, a subsidiary of the online retail giant founded by Jeff Bezos, is playing catch-up with Starlink—SpaceX's sprawling network of internet satellites that has reshaped the sector and handed Musk significant geopolitical clout.
The $10 billion initiative plans to deploy 3,200 satellites into low Earth orbit—the region of space up to 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) above the planet—with hopes of going live later this year.
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