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Atlas V rocket launches two rival Starlink satellites into orbit

  • October 6, 2023
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The American company United Launch Alliance has launched an Atlas V launch vehicle containing two prototype satellites for the company Amazon. As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported

Atlas V rocket launches two rival Starlink satellites into orbit

Atlas V rocket launches two rival Starlink satellites into orbit

The American company United Launch Alliance has launched an Atlas V launch vehicle containing two prototype satellites for the company Amazon.

As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by the United Launch Alliance in 2013. social networks H.

“Launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying Kuiper project prototypes to demonstrate advanced communications technologies for Amazon,” United Launch Alliance said.

space.com It is worth noting that the launch vehicle was launched from the spaceport in Florida (USA) on October 6 at 21.06 Kiev time.

If everything goes as planned, the prototype duo named Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 will be deployed into an orbit at an altitude of 500 kilometers approximately 18 minutes after launch.

The first constellation of the Kuiper project will consist of 3,236 satellites. Amazon’s satellite communications constellation will begin serving some customers by the end of 2024 if all goes as planned.

This project will compete with SpaceX’s other mega satellite, Starlink, which currently consists of approximately 5,000 operational satellites.

As reported by Ukrinform, China successfully launched a new Earth remote sensing satellite of the Yaogan series into space on Thursday morning.

Source: Ukrinform

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