{"id":1189694,"date":"2023-10-06T13:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189694"},"modified":"2023-10-06T13:30:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:30:47","slug":"amazons-first-two-internet-satellites-will-launch-into-orbit-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189694","title":{"rendered":"Amazon\u2019s first two Internet satellites will launch into orbit today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-2-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon's first two prototype Internet satellites are buttoned up for launch inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1-2.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1125\" data-width=\"1500\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Amazon&#8217;s first two prototype Internet satellites are buttoned up for launch inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket. (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/innovation-at-amazon\/project-kuiper-prototype-satellite-test-mission\">Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The first two prototype satellites for Amazon&#8217;s broadband network are ready for launch Friday from Florida, the first in a series of at least 77 rocket launches the retail giant has booked over the next six years to deploy a fleet of more than 3,200 spacecraft to rival SpaceX&#8217;s Starlink system.<\/p>\n<p>These first two satellites for Amazon&#8217;s $10 billion Internet megaconstellation, called Project Kuiper, will take off on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The two-hour launch window opens at 2 pm EDT (18:00 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the launch from Cape Canaveral with the YouTube video embedded here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973955#p3\">Read 25 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973955&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1973955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon\u2019s first two Internet satellites will launch into orbit today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Amazon&#8217;s first two prototype Internet satellites are buttoned up for launch inside the payload fairing of an Atlas V rocket. (credit: Amazon) The first two prototype satellites for Amazon&#8217;s broadband network are ready for launch Friday from Florida, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1189694\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1189694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1189694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1189694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1189694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1189694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}