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excerpts from Spaceflightnow.com:
For a second time this year, United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas 5 rocket carrying 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites into low Earth orbit. This was just the second production batch that will make up a constellation of more than 3,200 satellites eventually.
Monday was also the second attempt to launch this mission, dubbed Kuiper 2 by ULA, following a nitrogen purge issue connected to the rocket’s booster engine that caused a scrub on June 16 and for the rocket to be returned to the Vertical Integration Facility to address the issue.
Liftoff for the 205-foot-tall (62.5 m) rocket happened at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the opening of a 30-minute launch window.
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For a second time this year, United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas 5 rocket carrying 27 of Amazon’s Project Kuiper internet satellites into low Earth orbit. This was just the second production batch that will make up a constellation of more than 3,200 satellites eventually.
Monday was also the second attempt to launch this mission, dubbed Kuiper 2 by ULA, following a nitrogen purge issue connected to the rocket’s booster engine that caused a scrub on June 16 and for the rocket to be returned to the Vertical Integration Facility to address the issue.
Liftoff for the 205-foot-tall (62.5 m) rocket happened at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the opening of a 30-minute launch window.
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