TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A United Launch Alliance rocket launched from Florida’s House Coast carrying Amazon’s satellites.
The Atlas V rocket lifted off from House Launch Advanced-41 at Cape Canaveral House Drive Station round 7 p.m.
The rocket will ship the primary huge batch of Amazon’s Mission Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). ULA and Amazon planned to launch the satellites earlier this month, nonetheless, the launch was finally scrubbed attributable to climate circumstances.
Mission Kuiper’s mission is to supply quick, dependable web to prospects around the globe, together with these in unserved and underserved communities, utilizing a constellation of greater than 3,200 LEO satellites.
In accordance with ULA, the rocket could have been seen because it lifted off and headed northeasterly into house. Individuals in Tampa Bay might have seen the rocket about 90 seconds after launch.
The rocket may be seen alongside the East Coast and in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, in line with ULA’s launch visibility map.
