by The weather prevented a rocket with the first batch of Amazon satellites, which is supposed to compete with Elon Musk Starlink to take off on Wednesday to achieve the planned Kuiper network project.
“Stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds do not enable an increase in the available window”, read a live blog -update from Operator United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Cumulus clouds are a special danger to rockets because a nearby start can trigger lightning strikes, Ula added.
Livestream film material showed steam testing from the White Atlas V Rocket, loaded with 27 Project Kuiper satellites, when it was due to consecutive delays on the launch pad.
Cape Canaveral’s upswing in the US state of Florida was originally planned for 7:00 p.m. (2300 GMT).
As with Starlink, the Kuiper service is designed in such a way that it even offers the most distant and under-sector areas around the world an internet access, including war zones or disaster areas.
As soon as the satellites are in circulation, they are positioned hundreds of miles above the earth where they form the basics of the Kuiper project – a constellation that, according to Amazon, will include more than 3,200 satellites.
Amazon, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, said the Internet service will be live this year.
The pricing of the project has not yet been announced, but Amazon has promised that it matches its existing reputation as a inexpensive retailer.
The first start will bring Amazon to direct competition with the Starlink of SpaceX and other satellite internet providers.
Musk ownership owned SpaceX in 2019 started the first batch of its more than 6,750 surgical Starlink satellites and is by far the largest player in the sector with over five million customers worldwide.
Starlink has internet access to several disaster and war zones, including Morocco, after a devastating earthquake from 2023 and on Ukraine in his war with Russia and on the front at the front.
– high competition –
In contrast to traditional internet services that are based on fewer than 35,000 kilometers from Earth, the Muschus offered and will soon be used by Muschus between 550 and 1,300 kilometers (350-810 miles).
This enables you to forward data to earth faster and enable internet access in areas without landline connections with copper or fiber optic cables.
“Costs, complexity and geography can make it difficult to install traditional, floor-based fiber and wireless connectivity solutions in these areas,” says Amazon.
