Tag: cape canaveral space force station
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Amazon picks Colorado company’s Vulcan rocket to carry broadband-enabling satellites
Centennial-based United Launch Alliance inked a contract with Amazon to carry thousands of the online retailer’s satellites to Earth’s lower orbit for its Project Kuiper mission to increase global broadband access, officials announced Tuesday. Amazon will use ULA’s new Vulcan rocket for 38 launches in coming years, helping to create a “constellation” of 3,236 advanced…
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NASA’s Lucy — with Colorado connections — ready to blast off
The first available date in the launch window to blast NASA’s “Lucy” spacecraft into the stars is Saturday, and it looks like she’s going to take full advantage. Weather and conditions forecasts from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida showed a 90% chance of favorable conditions, United Launch Alliance reported…