SpaceOps: ULA, Arianespace Gear Up For Kuiper Launch Blitz

Irene Klotz Thierry Dubois September 17, 2025
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Amazon is preparing its fifth batch of Kuiper broadband satellites for launch next week, with spacecraft processing and integration for the next three missions simultaneously underway in Florida. Returning to United Launch Alliance (ULA) after a pair of flights with SpaceX, Amazon is aiming to boost...
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.

Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.  

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