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ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket launching first prototype satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper

The satellites will be launched, in “early 2023”, on United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket and they will test system performance in space.

Amazon has been planning to launch a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) – Project Kuiper – to provide low-latency global broadband access.

“We couldn’t be more excited to join the first launch of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur,” said Rajeev Badyal, vice president of technology for Project Kuiper.

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