Amazon Leo’s broadband satellite constellation is growing fast. A successful launch of 29 craft on July 2nd means that there are now 396 satellites in orbit, and enough to start a ‘beta’ test service this autumn. United Launch Alliance (ULA) handled the launch using its last Atlas V rocket. All future ULA launches for Amazon […]
July 2nd should see a United Launch Alliance rocket place 29 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit. This will add to the more than 350 craft already in orbit for Amazon Leo. The massive ULA Atlas V rocket (Flight LA-08) has been tested and the craft integrated into the rocket’s nose-cone. Lift off is scheduled for […]
A successful launch aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket saw an additional 29 Amazon Leo satellites placed into their transfer orbits. This latest launch takes the overall total of Amazon Leo craft in orbit to more than 330. ULA has launched 197 of that overall number. However, Amazon’s goal is to place […]
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will use one of its giant Atlas 5 rockets to take 29 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit. The launch window from Florida is 8:52pm until 9:21pm ET on April 27th. The Atlas V 551 rocket’s first-stage booster does not land on a droneship or landing zone, which is the technique […]
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) already delayed launch from April 10th and again on April 14th of a batch of Amazon Project Kuiper broadband satellites has now further delayed lift-off until April 28th. Weather got in the way of the April 14th launch. The new date should see the ULA Atlas V rocket lift off […]
The next date for United Launch Alliance’s launch of the first Project Kuiper satellites is scheduled for today [April 14th] from 4:00 PM to 8:34 PM ET. Liftoff of the Kuiper 1 mission will occur from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Project Kuiper’s satellite payload will be the heaviest […]
The USA’s United Launch Alliance (ULA) is bringing forward the launch of its debut Kuiper-1 mission (officially its KA-01 launch). This will be the first operational launch for Amazon’s giant Project Kuiper mega-constellation, and it is expected to launch in the next two months aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket. This will be the first […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is said to be the frontrunner to buy United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint-venture giant rocket business backed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. ULA wanted up to $4 billion (€3.7bn) for its assets, but reports suggest that the final price might be much nearer $2-2.5 billion. CNBC says that signed agreements […]
The Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin rocket company is reported to be the front runners in the purchase of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket business. ULA is a joint-venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin and their Delta and Atlas rocket versions. ULA holds many Nasa and US military contracts for satellite launches. The Blue Origin […]
The United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint-venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin (L-M), is up for sale. The rocket builder now has potential bidders emerging. The three names currently being reported on include a private equity business, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket company and an unnamed aerospace firm which is said to be well-capitalised. The […]