Amazon Shifts Launch Of Kuiper Demo Sats To ULA Vulcan

ULA CEO Tory Bruno welcomes the first Blue Origin BE-4 flight engine for ULA’s Vulcan rocket. The engine arrived on Oct. 9.

Credit: ULA
CAPE CANAVERAL—A pair of test satellites for Amazon’s planned 3,236-member Kuiper broadband constellation will be launched as secondary payloads on the debut flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan-Centaur rocket, targeted for early 2023. The satellites were previously slated to fly on startup ABL...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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