Amazon is getting ready to launch two test satellites into space as part of its Project Kuiper initiative. The launch will take place on October 6th from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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 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.
Amazon says it will “actively deorbit” the satellites at the end of the mission, letting them burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. “We’ve done extensive testing here in our lab and have a high degree of confidence in our satellite design, but there’s no substitute for on-orbit testing,” Rajeev Badyal, Project Kuiper’s vice president of technology, says in a statement.
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