United Launch Alliance has initiated the countdown for today's launch of the Atlas V rocket to deploy 29 advanced broadband satellites into space for Amazon Leo. Our launch opportunity opens at 7:33:30 p.m. EDT (2333:30 UTC) for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The launch countdown is a tightly scripted sequence of procedures and steps over the next seven hours that will complete pre-launch testing, fill the rocket with propellants and put systems into flight mode.
Our live status blog begins at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 UTC) prior to the start of fueling operations and the livestream starts 20 minutes before launch.
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$asts I say this with about 6 years in the stock going back to the spac days. I laid in bed during Covid reading about the TAM and wondering if shooting a cell phone into space to connect with a prototype was brilliant or another shitco idea. I can’t believe how far we’ve come.
@CatSE___ApeX___@spacanpanman@Reformed_Trader@kingtutcap what if Elon offeres a 90/10 rev share with the MNOs. They opened up their JV for this reason. Then apple puts the chips in and has a phone in 2027 that works with SpaceX.
$ASTS From SpaceX : “The expansion of our satellite to mobile connectivity services depends substantially on our ability to secure and maintain partnerships with MNOs and on the adoption of necessary hardware and software modifications by device manufacturers”