Amazon is champing at the bit to get its first Project Kuiper orbiter into orbit so that it can start up building a service that will one day rival SpaceX ’s Starlink , which offer broadband connectivity to more than five million customers globally .
The web giant is planning to launch 27 Project Kuiper cyberspace satellites on a United Launch Alliance ( ULA ) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Monday eventide .
The first Project Kuiper satellite were imagine to head to sphere on April 9 , but unstable weather condition conditions force the mission team to halt the countdown clock concisely before launching .
And the weather could disrupt Monday ’s mission , too .
The latest prognosis from the foreign mission ’s atmospheric condition team indicate a 75 % chance of acceptable atmospheric condition for launch .
While the weather has been pretty good over the weekend , scatter showers and marooned thunderstorm are require to hit key Florida on Monday .
“ The windowpane could see coastal shower activity from inshore flow and afternoon / former eventide thunderstorm natural process , in the main inland and over west Florida , from interaction with the sea breeze,”the conditions team tell , append : “ Thunderstorm development may also occur over the gulf watercourse . Although the steering flow appears likely to keep most thunderstorm body process aside from [ Cape Canaveral ] , anvil clouds could be an issue . ”
If the conditions is hold too bad for launching , there is a backup chance on Tuesday , with forecasters indicate a 90 % luck of liftoff on that daytime .
“ For the backup twenty-four hours , high pressure with dry air is expected to return to the Space Coast , ” the atmospheric condition squad said .
ULA has shared a visibleness map ( below ) depict how folks on the East Coast will be able to see the Atlas V blasting to orbit — vindicated sky permitting , of course .
Wondering how you may see the#AtlasVlaunch of the#Kuiper1mission for#Amazon ? This visibility map shows when and where your safe chances are to see the projectile as it raise off on Monday at 7 p.m. EDT and head northeasterly into space . resilient update and webcast: … pic.twitter.com / Yk6KoJmsFw
Over the next four years , Amazon design to deploy just over 3,000 Project Kuiper internet satellites into low - world ambit to provide fast , reliable net for client around the worldly concern , specially those in unserved and underserved residential area .
To expedite the deployment , Amazon will not only expend ULA ’s Atlas V rocket engine , but also its newer Vulcan fomite , which can carry up to 45 Amazon satellite in one flying . Blue Origin ’s New Glenn Eruca sativa will also execute Project Kuiper satellite deployments .
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