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  "publishedAt": "2025-06-18T00:50:42.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, June 17, 2025 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) decided to delay the launch of the second round of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into space due to an issue with the boost engine.\n\nOn Monday, ULA announced the launch postponement at 12:51 pm ET, citing an “engineering observation of an elevated purge temperature within the booster engine.” ULA has yet to establish a new launch date, a choice highly contingent on the team’s ongoing technological evaluation.\n\nProject Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network, designed to provide fast, affordable, and reliable internet to people around the world, including residents of unserved and underserved communities.\n\n\n\n_****FROM SPEEDING BEAD SUMMIT****_\n _****Panel 1: How Are States Thinking About Reasonable Costs Now?****_\n_****Panel 2: Finding the State Versus Federal Balance in BEAD****_\n _****Panel 3: Reacting to the New BEAD NOFO Guidance****_\n _****Panel 4: Building, Maintaining and Adopting Digital Workforce Skills****_\n\n All Videos from Speeding BEAD Summit \n\nPlanning to deploy a constellation of more than 3,200 LEO satellites, with 27 already launched, Amazon hopes to service a wide range of customers, from individual homes to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government organizations.\n\nWhen it occurs, liftoff will take place at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.\n\nWhile Project Kuiper has the potential to transform satellite broadband, Amazon’s ambitions do not at this time pose a threat to SpaceX’s Starlink, which currently dominates the satellite internet industry.",
  "title": "Amazon’s Second Project Kuiper Launch Postponed",
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