Amazon Buys Nine Launches From ULA For Kuiper Project

Irene Klotz April 19, 2021
Atlas V
Credit: ULA
CAPE CANAVERAL—Amazon has contracted with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to deliver nine batches of its Kuiper broadband satellites into low Earth orbit aboard Atlas V rockets, the companies said April 19. Amazon said it plans to spend about $10 billion to develop and deploy a 3,236-member satellite...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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