Launch Alert | Starlink Group 12-2
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Fri Oct 06 2023
United Launch Alliance

Project Kuiper (Atlas V #1)

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RECOVERY OVERVIEW

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Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas V 501

Description:

Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 0 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.

Atlas V 501 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41