Amazon may be a whiz in rapid online delivery, but on Wednesday night, the company will have to wait to launch the first satellites of its new space internet constellation after spoiling the lift on Wednesday night.
The ULA officials said that an United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket tried to launch 27 of Amazon’s first project Kuper Internet satellites on April 9 from Cape Canawral Space Force Station in Florida, but attempted 27 of Amazon’s first project Kuper Internet satellites, but continuous cloudy as per the rules of the pads.
“It is confirmed that we will not be released today with Amazon Project Kuper 1 launch activities,” said during a livestream. “We will work with our colleagues in the US Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 for the time of our next launch occasion.”
Bad weather affected Ula’s launch attempt from Amazon during a two -hour flight window, which was opened at 7 pm at EDT (2300 GMT). The launch controllers worked through some technical glitter, but were mainly related to thick cumulus clouds and rain within 10 miles of the pad, which violated the launch season rules, said the ULA officials.
Project Kuper is Amazon’s reply to the Magconstance of SpaceX of Starlink Satellites to provide high-speed internet worldwide. Amazon is expected to create a planetarium of 3,200 broadband satellites in the forward years to set a leg on the space-based internet market.
While Ula is launching these earlier Kuper satellites, Amazon has exploited a wide range of launch services for the project, including ULA’s brand-nine vulcan centenary rockets, arianspace boosters, new glenns of Blue Origin and Falcon Rocket Family of Spacex.
In October 2023, Amazon launched two prototype cuper satellites on a test flight, paving the first cave to launch the first operating satellite.
