14 October 2025 year Fr. 01:58 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, using a launch vehicle «Falcon 9 Block 5» a launch was made 24 телекомунікаційних КА США «Project Kuiper (KF-03)».
«Project Kuiper (KF-03)» – This is a mega-constellation of satellites in a low Earth orbit, which will provide broadband online access, analogue of the American Starlink system. To manage this constellation will be Kuiper Systems LLC, Amazon subsidiary. Satellites are planned to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers: at a height 590 km, 610 km and 630 km. The company has invested over 10 мільярдів доларів у цей проект.
«Project Kuiper» will become a direct competitor Starlink from SpaceX, which has already brought to orbit beyond 8000 satellites and serves about 4,5 a million customers in more than 100 countries. Amazon concluded contracts on 92 Running with different providers, In particular, United Launch Alliance, Arianespace і Blue Origin, для розгортання свого супутникового угрупування.
This launch will expand the CA grouping «Kuiper» will on 24 KA. На даний момент угрупування складається з 128 KA. На меті у компанії Amazon створення угрупування з 3276 KA.
According to the CCS