Overview
- The Falcon 9 mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 carrying 24 Project Kuiper satellites after multiple weather-related slips.
- Prior attempts were held by heavy rain at the Cape and high seas downrange linked to Tropical Storm Jerry, despite a 95% favorable pad forecast.
- First-stage booster B1091 flew for the second time and landed on the droneship Just Read the Instructions following liftoff.
- The deployment brings Kuiper’s on-orbit total to 153 satellites on the sixth mission for the constellation across Atlas V and Falcon 9 flights.
- Amazon is accelerating production and using a $140 million processing facility at Kennedy as it pursues a 3,236-satellite network under FCC milestones.