LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Fri Oct 06 2023

United Launch Alliance

Project Kuiper (Atlas V #1)

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(6:06 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(6:00 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(8:00 PM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Atlas V 501

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

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.

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41