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Amazon plans to deploy its first pair of Project Kuiper prototype satellites this fall on an Atlas V from United Launch Alliance.
Amazon plans to start launching commercial Project Kuiper satellites next year for its planned 3,236-satellite low Earth orbit broadband constellation.
Amazon expects to open a 31,000-square-meter satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in early 2025 to help ramp up Project Kuiper deployment.
Kuiper satellites will be manufactured at Project Kuiper’s primary plant in Redmond, Washington.
Project Kuiper expects to start providing broadband services by the end of 2024.
Project Kuiper is investing $120,000,000 in a 100,000-square-foot factory near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Project Kuiper satellites will operate at altitudes between 590 and 630 km.
Project Kuiper satellites will be built at Amazon’s primary factories in Redmond and Kirkland, Washington.
Project Kuiper is expected to launch its first prototype test satellites later in 2023.
Project Kuiper calls for at least 3,236 low Earth orbit satellites to provide broadband coverage to the entire planet.
Project Kuiper received its FCC license in July 2020.
Amazon is investing $120,000,000 to build the Florida satellite processing facility as part of more than $10,000,000,000 committed to Project Kuiper.
Amazon must deploy the remainder of the Project Kuiper constellation by July 2029 under its FCC license.
Amazon has more than 1,400 Project Kuiper employees across the United States, primarily in Washington.
Amazon initially planned to launch its first two Project Kuiper prototype satellites by the fourth quarter of 2022 on ABL Space Systems rockets before switching to a United Launch Alliance Vulcan mission now slated for the fourth quarter of 2023.
The Kennedy Space Center satellite processing facility will perform final preparations of Project Kuiper satellites shipped in from out of state for launch aboard Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance rockets.
Amazon must deploy half of its Project Kuiper constellation, or 1,618 satellites, by July 2026 under deployment rules tied to its Federal Communications Commission license.
Amazon’s production facilities in Kirkland, Washington are on track to start producing Project Kuiper satellites by the end of the year to provide early low Earth orbit services to enterprise customers in 2024.
Project Kuiper has secured firm commitments for 77 heavy-lift launch vehicles, with the majority of those launches planned to fly out of Florida to benefit from the integration facility.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace are expected to perform up to 92 Project Kuiper launches under a launch deal announced in early 2022.