"Mighty Atlas’ count was very clean. Unfortunately, weather stayed rough. Appreciate support from the USSF Weather team," writes the ULA CEO in https://x.com/torybruno/status/1910279014410813621 about the scrubbed first #Kuiper launch: "The back up window of today is no longer available on the Range. Working with them for the next available opportunity".
#ULA : "Weather is observed and forecast NO GO for liftoff within the remaining launch window at Cape Canaveral". No new date has been scheduled https://www.cnet.com/science/space/amazon-scrubs-wednesday-rocket-launch-for-its-starlink-satellite-service-rival
"SCRUB. ULA Launch Director Eric Richards has announced that we will not continue with countdown operations today," says https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-kuiper-1 about the first #Kuiper launch: "Weather is observed and forecast NO GO for liftoff within the remaining launch window at Cape Canaveral this evening, according to Launch Weather Officer Brian Belson. The stubborn cumulus clouds and persistant winds make liftoff not possible within the available window."
The inaugural launch of Amazon's Project #Kuiper will use a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to deliver the first satellites of the constellation into low Earth orbit - webcast now on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8XsTzF90sQ
Nuit de lancement
#AtlasV
27 satellites de la constellation #Kuiper d'Amazon (1er lot)
23h00 UTC
Cap Canaveral, Floride
ULA
https://youtu.be/G8XsTzF90sQ
Amazon to ignite space internet race with launch of its first satellites next week. Bezos’ Project Kuiper is challenging SpaceX’ Starlink dominance.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13624
#space #amazon #blueorigin #spacex #starling #technology #bezos #kuiper
#Amazon is under time pressure . The license issued by the US regulatory authorities for the operation of #satellite internet in 2020 requires half of the satellite network to be completed by
July 2026. The rest must be in orbit by July 2029
. More than 30 additional launches are planned with other companies, such as #Arianespace and #BlueOrigin. Even the competitor #SpaceX is helping out https://www.heise.de/en/news/Amazon-launches-the-first-internet-satellites-for-Project-Kuiper-next-week-10338214.html
Project Kuiper: Amazon prepares first full launch of satellites https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/project-kuiper-amazon-prepares-first-full-launch-of-satellites/ #amazon #kuiper #space #telecoms #connectivity #satellites #tech #news #technology
Amazon is set to launch the first group of 27 #Kuiper #satellites as early as April 9. They will be “coated in a dielectric mirror film unique to Kuiper that scatters reflected sunlight to help make them less visible to ground-based astronomers.”
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/project-kuiper-satellite-internet-first-launch
#Amazon startet erste Charge „Project #Kuiper“- #Satelliten https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/amazon-startet-erste-charge-project-kuiper-satelliten/ — Na dann gute Nacht Mastodon.
Bizarre #Triple #Planetoid Discovered in #Kuiper Belt Hints at a New #Mystery - YouTube #Science #SciComm #Astronomy by #AntonPetrov #WhatDaMath .
The cold chemistry of the icy outer solar system was Mondays YorkUniverse (the @AllanICarswellObservatory radio podcast), #pluto #kuiperbelt and given todays forecast, #Toronto in Feb makes a good step in the #snow direction. We've entered bagbalm (protect) your face #weather... at least our snow is water ice and not carbon dioxide
Our cold,cold nights episode is here: https://sites.libsyn.com/546647
Amazon Kuiper satellite constellation granted UK licence https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/amazon-kuiper-satellite-constellation-granted-uk-licence/ #amazon #kuiper #uk #europe #satellites #telecoms #networks #connectivity #space #tech #news #technology
#Arianespace currently has a backlog of 30 #Ariane6 launches, 18 of which are for #Amazon’s #Kuiper constellation https://europeanspaceflight.com/arianespace-secures-three-ariane-6-launch-deals-in-two-days
#European #taxpayers are subsidizing every launch
of #satellites for #JeffBezos by roughly $75 million
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the-ariane-6-rocket-may-not-offer-europe-any-launch-savings/#page-2
I keep forgetting that this gem of a #cycling film is on YouTube. A Sunday in Hell (1976) is very 1970s and 100% Paris-Roubaix. #Merckx, #DeVlaeminck, #Kuiper, #Maertens, #Moser, #Goedefroot and #Poulidor are amongst the starring two-wheeled cast. Recommended.