Amazon’s first Project Kuiper test satellites are headed to space on October 6th
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6FABW)
Image: Amazon Amazon will launch two Project Kuiper test satellites into space on Friday, October 6th. The pair of satellites - dubbed KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 - will shoot into space aboard the United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V rocket as part of Amazon's internet satellite initiative.
The launch will take from the Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with the two-hour launch window opening at 2PM ET. According to the Project Kuiper team, the Atlas V rocket will deploy the two satellites at an altitude of 311 miles, where they'll enter low-earth orbit.
From there, the Project Kuiper team will perform various tests to establish first contact with the satellites, as well as deploy solar arrays to generate...