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ULA Targets June 13 for Second Kuiper Mission

ULA Targets June 13 for Second Kuiper Mission
Rocket fairing with Amazon Kuiper satellites before the Kuiper 1 mission. Photo: Amazon

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is targeting June 13 to launch the second batch of satellites for Amazon’s [AMZN] Project Kuiper constellation. This would mark a less than two-month turnaround time from the first full-scale mission on April 28, a sign that Kuiper is ramping up to deploy the constellation. ULA is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Boeing [BA]. ULA announced Thursday that the launch window is set for June 12 at 2:29 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force…

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