{"id":75040,"date":"2025-08-11T16:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75040\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:18:09","slug":"amazon-tops-100-satellites-after-weather-delayed-kuiper-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/75040\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon tops 100 satellites after weather-delayed Kuiper launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

After four previous scrubs or delays in a row since August 7th SpaceX launches Amazon KF-02 Kuipeer Satellites after the 5th attempt August 11th 2025 at 8:35 AM SLC-40 Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida USA.<\/p>\n

Scott Schilke| SipaUSA |AP<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a> shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit<\/a> on Monday atop a SpaceX<\/a> Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts were interrupted by weather issues.<\/p>\n

Monday’s launch is the fourth Kuiper mission, and Amazon now has 102 satellites in orbit.<\/p>\n

The Falcon 9<\/a> rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:35 a.m. ET. Roughly an hour after launch, SpaceX confirmed<\/a> all 24 of Amazon’s Kuiper<\/a> satellites were successfully deployed.<\/p>\n

The mission was originally scheduled for last Thursday, but SpaceX was forced to scrub<\/a> the launch, along with three more attempts<\/a> over the past few days due to rainfall.<\/p>\n

For the second time, Amazon turned to Elon Musk<\/a>‘s SpaceX, its chief competitor in the low-earth orbit satellite market, for help building out its constellation. <\/p>\n

SpaceX’s Starlink<\/a> is currently the dominant provider of low-earth orbit satellite internet, with a constellation of roughly 8,000 satellites and about 5 million customers worldwide.<\/p>\n

Amazon is racing to get more of its Kuiper satellites into space to meet a deadline set by the Federal Communications Commission. <\/p>\n

The FCC requires that Amazon have about 1,600 satellites in orbit by the end of July 2026, with the full 3,236-satellite constellation launched by July 2029.<\/p>\n

Amazon has booked up to 83 launches, including three rides with SpaceX.<\/p>\n

While the company is still in the early stages of building out its constellation, Amazon has already inked deals<\/a> with governments as it hopes to begin commercial service later this year.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Amazon launches first Kuiper internet satellites into space<\/a><\/p>\n

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