The residents of Florida will be able to witness an upcoming launch will be visible as far away as New York and other areas. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will send another load Amazon internet satellites It will be launched into orbit this Tuesday, December 16th. Below we provide the route and times.
The rocket ULA Atlas V will carry another load of satellites into low Earth orbit for Amazon Leo, its broadband constellation. The start is planned from Cape Canaveral space stationin Florida, within a 29-minute launch window.
Accordingly Spacewill carry the rocket 27 Amazon Leo spaceships. The mission is to provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world, including in underserved or limited-access communities.
Amazon lionformerly known as Kuiper Projectis the company’s planned satellite Internet mega-constellation. The network will consist of a few 3200 satelliteswhich will reach orbit in more than Conducted 80 launches with various rockets. Six of these missions have already been completed.
He Starts on Tuesday, December 16th It will be the fourth mission of the Project Leo for Atlas Va rocket that debuted in August 2002.
Space notes that the ULA plans to phase this out Atlas V in favor of a new vehicle Volcanic centaurwhich has three missions under its belt so far.
Once it’s up and running, it will Project Leo will provide internet connectivity to people around the world. will compete with that Mega constellation SpaceX Starlinkwhich already serves customers through more than 9,000 satellites in low Earth orbit.
ULA provided a map showing the plane’s takeoff Amazon Leo satellites of the Atlas Vits expected trajectory and the visibility of the launch.
Florida today He explained that the residents of Sunshine Stateespecially those somewhere on the Space Coast (Melbourne), Fun Coast (Daytona Beach) or Treasure Coast (Vero Beach, Jensen Beach and Fort Pierce), You will see the start better.
The launch takes place from launch complex 41 Cape Canaveral space stationwith a northeasterly trajectory. The visibility of the transit route is expanded from Georgia to New York.
The launch which will take place at east of Orlandowill be seen in Bithlo, the northern part of the Treasure Coast, Indian River County, Sebastian, Vero Beach, parts of Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach and Oak Hill.
Based on the Map published by ULAResidents who live in some parts of GeorgiaSouth Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,Ohio, new YorkConnecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Michigan will also be able to see the rocket fly by.
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