Amazon has launched another 29 internet satellites into orbit
A new batch of devices for the internet network has been launched into space.
The American company United Launch Alliance launched 29 satellites for the Amazon project. They are set to become part of a future satellite internet system that is seen as a competitor to Starlink.
This was reported by Space.com.
The Atlas V launch vehicle, carrying 29 satellites, lifted off from a spaceport in Florida on Tuesday, April 28, at 3:53 a.m. Kyiv time.
It is noted that the rocket successfully delivered the payload to low Earth orbit during 10 separate deployments, which began approximately 21 minutes after launch and lasted a total of 16 minutes.
ULA named this mission Amazon Leo 6, as it was the company’s sixth mission to assist in the deployment of the Amazon Leo broadband satellite constellation in low Earth orbit.
The network itself, which competes with SpaceX’s Starlink internet constellation, will eventually consist of more than 3,200 spacecraft if all goes according to plan.
Completing the Amazon Leo deployment will require over 80 launches carrying satellites aboard various rockets.
To date, only 10 such launches have taken place: Atlas V carried out six of them, SpaceX’s Falcon 9—three, and Arianespace’s Ariane 6—one.
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