Amazon.com Inc plans to launch its first pair of prototype internet satellites late next month on a different rocket than previously planned, a spokesman said on Monday, again switching rides for the spacecraft to avoid mounting rocket delays.
The targeted launch date is Sept. 26, he said.launch the satellite pair aboard the first flight of ULA's new Vulcan rocket
But delays with Vulcan have prompted Amazon to again switch rides as the e-commerce giant faces a 2026 regulatory deadline to deploy half of the 3,200 satellites planned for its Kuiper internet network. Nine of those launches include the Atlas V rocket, ULA's workhorse launcher that has lofted satellites to space in multibillion dollar science missions for NASA and the bulk of U.S. national security missions for the Pentagon.
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