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Blue Origin plans multiple New Glenn launches in 2024 and intends to meet its contractual requirements for Project Kuiper in 2024.
One of Blue Origin’s contracted New Glenn launches for Project Kuiper would carry NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars smallsat mission, currently scheduled to launch in August 2024.
Amazon awarded contracts in April 2022 to Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance for up to 83 launches of Ariane 6, New Glenn, and Vulcan Centaur rockets to deploy the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
Amazon’s Federal Communications Commission license requires deployment of at least half of the Project Kuiper constellation by July 2026.
Amazon’s FCC license requires that the remaining Project Kuiper satellites be in orbit by July 2029.
Initial Project Kuiper service pilots will be available for Vodafone, Vodacom, and other enterprise customers by the end of 2024 after launching an unspecified number of satellites.
Amazon is preparing to launch two prototype Project Kuiper satellites in the coming months ahead of deploying in-house-built production satellites in 2024.
Half the Project Kuiper constellation must be launched by July 2026 under its Federal Communications Commission license, and the other 1,618 satellites must be deployed before the end of 2029.
The full Amazon board met in March 2022 and approved the Project Kuiper launch contracts in a meeting that lasted 40 minutes.
Amazon selected Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace for launch contracts announced in April 2022 to support the 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation.
The full Amazon board was briefed in November 2020 on Project Kuiper plans that included consideration of Blue Origin and ULA for launch contracts.
Amazon will use one of the nine Atlas 5 launches it procured in 2021 to launch a pair of demonstration Project Kuiper satellites as soon as late September.
Amazon’s FCC license requires the full Project Kuiper constellation to be in orbit by July 2029.
Amazon has spent about $1,700,000,000 to date on the three Project Kuiper launch contracts, including $585,000,000 paid directly to Blue Origin.
Amazon’s Federal Communications Commission license requires the company to have half the Project Kuiper constellation, or more than 1,600 satellites, in orbit by July 2026.
Analysts anticipate Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites will weigh above 500 kg once operational models start launching late in 2023.
The Space Development Agency is paying a total of $1,600,000 to SpaceX, Kuiper Government Solutions, and Aalyria Technologies to conduct the studies.
The remainder of the Project Kuiper constellation must be deployed three years after July 2026, i.e., by July 2029.
Project Kuiper prototypes could launch as soon as 2023-09-26 on a dedicated Atlas V.
Half of the Project Kuiper constellation must be deployed by July 2026 under rules tied to Amazon’s Federal Communications Commission license.