Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Kuiper (KF-01)
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Launch Window
July 16, 2025, 6:18 a.m. - July 16, 2025, 6:45 a.m.
July 16, 2025, 6:18 a.m. - July 16, 2025, 6:45 a.m.
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with a batch of 24 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet service, a rival to the Starlink network. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex ...
First of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, with 24 satellites on board.
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NET July 16 per NOTAMs; payload identity to be confirmed.
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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
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The Falcon 9 1st stage B1096 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 1st flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
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This is the first of three planned Falcon 9 missions Amazon booked for its internet relay satellites. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:18 a.m. EDT (0618 UTC) from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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