{"id":349444,"date":"2025-12-16T18:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349444\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:27:07","slug":"ula-lifts-27-amazon-satellites-on-atlas-v-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349444\/","title":{"rendered":"ULA lifts 27 Amazon satellites on Atlas V rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dec. 16 (UPI) &#8212; Colorado-headquartered United Launch Alliance launched on Tuesday a fresh set of Amazon Internet satellites into orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An Atlas V rocket from ULA launched 27 Amazon Leo satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 3:28 a.m. EST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket has delivered its fourth success for Amazon Leo, deploying another 27 advanced broadband satellites into space,&#8221; ULA <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ulalaunch\/status\/2000868927132274952\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:posted on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">posted on X<\/a> just after 5 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A little before 6 a.m., Amazon <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Amazonleo\/status\/2000880520238919983\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:officials confirmed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">officials confirmed<\/a> deployment of the more than two dozen satellites to its constellation and were &#8220;operating nominally on orbit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ULA congratulated Amazon on the &#8220;successful launch of this critical payload.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amazon Leo &#8212; formerly Project Kuiper &#8212; is Amazon&#8217;s upcoming low Earth orbit megaconstellation of satellite&#8217;s for its Internet network.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All 27 Amazon Leo satellites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/ula-atlas-v-rocket-launch-amazon-leo-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:were planned to;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">were planned to<\/a> deploy within 15 minutes starting roughly 20 minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Around 3,200 satellites will eventually form the network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2025\/06\/16\/amazon-united-launch-alliance-satellites\/9191750092255\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:launched in more than;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">launched in more than<\/a> 80 missions using various rockets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tuesday&#8217;s launch <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2025\/12\/15\/live-coverage-ula-atlas-5-launch-will-put-amazons-180th-broadband-satellite-in-low-earth-orbit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:marked the fourth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">marked the fourth<\/a> Project Leo mission using the Atlas V launched in 2002.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ULA is retiring the Atlas V in favor of the newer Vulcan Centaur, which has completed three missions to date.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">United Launch Alliance, meanwhile, is a direct competitor of the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX and its Starlink spinoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/2025\/12\/14\/spacex-launches-27-internet-satellites\/8301765743381\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:to expand global Internet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">to expand global Internet<\/a> access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dec. 16 (UPI) &#8212; 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