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Update for 1 p.m. ET on June 16: The planned June 16 launch of the Kuiper-2 mission was scrubbed due to an issue with its United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket — specifically, "an engineering observation of an elevated purge temperature within the booster engine," ULA wrote via X on June 16. No new target launch date has been announced.
United Launch Alliance scrubbed an attempt for what would have been its second launch of the year, another mission for Amazon's effort to compete with SpaceX's Starlink internet constellation.
Amazon is keen to get its second batch of internet satellites into orbit, but it won’t be happening just yet.
Amazon delays its Project Kuiper satellite launch after rocket booster overheats, stalling plans to rival Starlink with global satellite internet.
Amazon has tabbed ULA to launch more than half of the planned 3,200-plus satellites for its $10 billion Project Kuiper internet constellation.
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell met India's Communications Minister Scindia following Starlink's license approval, opening collaboration opportunities for satellite internet in India. Starlink's entry marks a significant step for digital connectivity.
What time is liftoff? ULA's Atlas V should be visible outside of Florida pending weather. Did your city, state make the rocket launch visibility map?