NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Project Kuiper

Launch Time
NET December, 2024

Rocket

RS1 Block 2
Image Credit: ABL Space Systems
ABL SS
Status: Planned
Price: $12.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 582 kN
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Fairing Diameter: 2.0 m

Mission Details

Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

Low Earth Orbit

Location

LP-3C, Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak, Alaska, USA