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Amazon Project Kuiper Deployment Begins With First ULA Launch

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

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Amazon Project Kuiper Deployment Begins With First ULA Launch

ULA launches the Kuiper 1 mission from Cape Canaveral on April 28, 2025. Photo: ULA

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the first full-scale mission for Amazon’s [AMZN] Project Kuiper constellation on Monday evening, starting the deployment phase of Amazon’s competitor to Starlink and OneWeb. ULA, which is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA], launched 27 satellites in the Kuiper-1 mission on an Atlas V 551 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 7:01 p.m. EDT. The launch took place on Monday after a scrub earlier this month due to weather. Amazon…

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