BALTIMORE, MD—Look to the skies on Wednesday evening and you might just be able to catch a glimpse of a rocket launch.
The inaugural launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper will take place on April 9, 2025 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Amazon will use a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket to deliver the first satellites of the constellation into low Earth orbit (LEO).
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world, including those in unserved and underserved communities, using a constellation of more than 3,200 LEO satellites.
United Launch Alliance initiated the Atlas V rocket’s countdown at 12:10 p.m. EDT on April 9th. Officials say activities are on schedule for liftoff to occur at 7:00 p.m. EDT. The available launch window extends until 9:00 p.m. EDT for a duration of exactly two hours.
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