New Glenn | Project Kuiper (New Glenn #1)
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Blue Origin
Blue Origin is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company set up by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos with its headquarters in Kent, Washington. The company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space with the goal to dramatically lower costs and increase reliability. Blue Origin currently launches its New Shepard sub-orbital vehicle from its West Texas launch site, they are currently constructing a launch pad for their orbital vehicle New Glenn at Cape Canaveral LC-36.
Project Kuiper (New Glenn #1)
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. 61 satellites will be carried on each New Glenn launch.
New Glenn
Height 82.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 13000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 17100 kN
Diameter 7.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 45000 kg
Liftoff Mass 0 Tonnes
Launch Success 0
Consecutive Success 0
Maiden Flight Unknown
Launch Failures 0
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2022-04-06T07:14:51+0000
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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.
