SpaceX to launch extra of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — SpaceX is getting ready for an additional Starlink launch. 

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What You Need To Know

• This would be the maiden launch of this Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster, known as B1091
• The Falcon 9 will take off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

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SpaceX is getting set to launch greater than 20 of Amazon’s new Project Kuiper satellites on Thursday morning.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket might be leaving Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with the KF-02 mission, stated the company.

The 27-minute window is about to open at 10:01 a.m. ET.

The forty fifth Weather Squadron is asking for an 85% probability of excellent liftoff circumstances with the one considerations being the cumulus cloud rule.

If the launch is scrubbed, the following try is about for Friday at 9:40 a.m. ET.

Find out extra concerning the weather criteria for a Falcon 9 launch.

Maiden launch

This would be the maiden launch of this Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster, known as B1091.

After stage separation, B1091 needs to be touchdown on A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, which might be stationed within the Atlantic Ocean.

About the mission

Amazon stated that its Project Kuiper KF-2 mission will see 24 satellites go into low-Earth orbit at 289 miles (465 kilometers) above Earth.

Eventually, they are going to be moved to their assigned altitude of 392 miles (630 kilometers).

These satellites will present web to clients all through the planet.

There are at the moment 78 Kuiper satellites in orbit and after this launch, the full quantity is predicted to climb to 102.

Amazon hopes to have greater than 3,200 satellites.