Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites sit idle in Florida awaiting rocket launches; Europe's Ariane 6 delivers where others haven't
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Eric Berger
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Amazon has hundreds of flight-ready satellites built and waiting in Florida to join its low-Earth orbit Internet constellation (Project Kuiper), but launch delays from rocket providers have left them stranded. Steve Metayer, Amazon's VP of LEO Production Operations, stated the satellites are sitting in a payload processing facility awaiting trips to orbit, while the company continues manufacturing several satellites per day. Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on for deployment, only Europe's Ariane 6 (Ariane 64) has delivered, with an upcoming mission scheduled.
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Hacker NewsAmazon's Project Kuiper satellites sit idle in Florida awaiting rocket launches; Europe's Ariane 6 delivers where others haven'tarstechnica.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledThey're built, and sitting in a payload processing facility waiting for trips to orbit.
And we're currently manufacturing several satellites a day.
As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up.
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