Amazon’s first Internet satellite came to orbit on Monday evening, the latest entry in the Mega Constellation Market, which was currently dominated by the thousands of starlinks from SpaceX.
The Atlas V Rocket by United Launch Alliance was 27 by Amazon’s Project Kuiper Satellite, named after the cold edges of our solar system beyond Neptune. As soon as the satellites in orbit have been released, they will finally reach a height of almost 630 kilometers.
Two test satellites were launched in 2023, and an Atlas V project officials also said that the latest version was made important upgrades for the latest version. The latest satellites are covered with a mirror film to dispel the Sunlight Reflect Sunlight to record astronomers.
Stargazer reject the rapidly growing constellations of satellites with low orbining and argue that they spoil observations. Others fear more satellite collisions.
Nenner Start in our KA-01 mission. We have already established contact with all 27 Kuiper satellites in orbit, and the first deployment and activation sequences are continued as planned. Thanks to @Ulalaunch For a successful start – the first of many missions together. pic.twitter.com/xyg0UcgJUX
Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos, who runs his own rocket company Blue Origin, and would like to put more than 3,200 of these satellites into orbit to offer a quick, affordable broadband service around the world.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has started more than 8,000 star links since 2019. The company was its 250th Starlink start on Sunday evening. More than 7,000 star links are still in orbit over 550 kilometers above Earth.
The OneWEB satellite constellation based in Europe has hundreds in an even higher orbit.
Amazon bought dozens of Rocket Starts from United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin for Project Kuiper and others.
“There are some things that you can only learn in flight” despite extensive tests on site, said Rajeev Badyal, the vice president of the project.
“No matter how the mission develops, this is only the beginning of our trip,” he said in an explanation before the evening deduction.
The first upswing at the beginning of this month was determined by bad weather. So far, it took another place in the starting line -up of the Cape Canaveral Space Force station.
