Atlas V 501 | Project Kuiper Protoflight Mission (Atlas V #1)

Atlas V 501 | Project Kuiper Protoflight Mission (Atlas V #1)

Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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Project Kuiper Protoflight Mission (Atlas V #1)

This launch will launch 2 KuiperSat demonstration satellites to 500 km altitude, 30 degree inclination orbit. They were previously scheduled on the 1st Vulcan launch. Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

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Atlas V 501


Height 58.30 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 3780 kg

Liftoff Thrust 3827 kN

Diameter 3.80 Meters

Mass To LEO 8210 kg

Liftoff Mass 334 Tonnes


Launch Success 8

Consecutive Success 8

Maiden Flight 2010-04-22

Launch Failures 0


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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-06T18:57:09+0000

Launch success.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-06T18:57:09+0000

Launch success.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-06T18:06:33+0000

Liftoff.

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LL2

2023-10-06T17:40:52+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-06T17:38:08+0000

Weather 85% GO.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-06T17:26:11+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-05T16:53:08+0000

Weather 70% GO.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-04T15:02:58+0000

Tweaked launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-03T09:07:26+0000

Weather 80% GO.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-10-01T15:19:47+0000

Updated launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-28T22:52:58+0000

Launch date/time confirmed.

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Nosu

2023-09-13T12:06:55+0000

Targeting the first week of October

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-11T17:40:11+0000

NET October 2023.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-10T17:55:36+0000

Renamed launch mission name to one used by ULA.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-08-05T02:05:06+0000

Moved up per reports that the 2 Kuiper demonstration satellites may have been de-manifested from the 1st Vulcan launch to a dedicated Atlas V launch. Details and Official Confirmation pending.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-03-14T13:36:26+0000

NET 1H 2024

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Cosmic_Penguin

2022-04-06T06:55:14+0000

Added launch (9 x launches on Atlas V)

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Project Kuiper

Amazon's Kuiper Project is a satellite internet initiative aimed at providing high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity to underserved and remote areas globally. The project involves deploying a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to create a satellite internet network capable of delivering reliable internet access.

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