1 of 4 | United Launch Alliance prepares its Atlas rocket to launch a payload of Kuiper satellites for Amazon on Thursday from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Two rocket launches with satellites by Space X and United Launch Alliance are scheduled for Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Central Florida.
SpaceX is scheduled to lift off at 4:36 EDT with a Falcon 9 rocket taking 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 40. There is a four-hour launch window. This is the 22nd flight scheduled for the first-stage booster, which is scheduled to land on the droneship A ShortFall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean, SpaceX said.
At 8:09 a.m., a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to lift from Launch Complex 41 with 27 satellites to be deployed in a low-Earth orbit. The launch window is 29 minutes, ULA said. Its satellites are for the Amazon Kuiper constellation project "to provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world, including those in unserved and underserved communities," the company said.
There is a 90% chance of "go for launch" for the two launches, according to the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron.
