Is there room on the SpaceX launch manifest for Kuiper? As is, with their own Starlink launches plus cargo Dragon, crew Dragon, other civil customers, and military customers ... They’re busier than anyone else, ever, in the history of human spaceflight.
Looks like the Falcon 9 would be more than sufficient to launch Amazon’s entire constellation faster than Amazon’s contractor can build them (assumes that the build rate is real). Per Wikipedia, Starlink already has about one third of its first-gen satellites into orbit (more than 50 per F9 launch), and while Elon was concerned that the Starship would be needed to launch the second-gen satellites, he didn’t let that stop them, introducing a mini-2nd gen version, and the Falcon 9 has been used to loft those as well.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=amazon+kuiper+satellite+mass
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Amazon has reserved up to 83 rocket launches for its Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation, which aims to offer satellite broadband internet service to tens of millions of people around the world who are currently underserved. Based on estimates, each Project Kuiper satellite weighs 600-700 kilograms (1,300-1,540 pounds), which would make them significantly more massive than the satellites fielded by SpaceX and OneWeb. The project reportedly plans to build two to four satellites per day, which would seem to be enough to fill out Amazon’s 3,236-satellite constellation in five years. Amazon has not announced if they intend to sell broadband service directly to consumers, but they will offer broadband service through partnerships with other companies.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=falcon+9+capacity
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The Falcon 9 is a two-stage, liquid oxygen and RP-1 powered rocket manufactured by Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX). The Falcon 9 first stage is powered by nine Merlin engines, each capable of producing an initial thrust of 125,000 pounds, providing a total liftoff thrust of about 1.1 million pounds. The Falcon 9 second stage is powered by a single Merlin engine, capable of producing an initial thrust of 125,000 pounds. The Falcon 9 as introduced was capable of carrying a 23,050-pound payload to Low-Earth Orbit or a 10,000-pound payload to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The Falcon 9 Full Thrust, a partially reusable medium-lift launch vehicle, has performed 230 launches without any failures as of 27 August 2023. Based on the Lewis point estimate of reliability, it is the most reliable orbital launch vehicle currently in operation. The Falcon Heavy rocket has two stages, the first stage has three engine cores, and each core is equivalent to the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket and houses nine engines. It can carry 64 metric tons of payload to low Earth orbit, about twice the payload capacity of its closest competitor, United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=falcon+heavy+capacity
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The Falcon Heavy rocket is composed of three reusable Falcon 9 nine-engine cores, each with 27 Merlin engines generating more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. It has a center core on which two Falcon 9 boosters are attached, and a second stage on top of the center core.3 Falcon Heavy has the second highest payload capacity of any currently operational launch vehicle behind NASA’s Space Launch System, and the fourth-highest capacity of any rocket to reach orbit, trailing behind the SLS, Energia, and the Saturn V. It can lift nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lbs) of payload to low Earth orbit, which is about twice the payload capacity of its closest competitor, United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy. The Falcon Heavy rocket is 230 feet tall and can carry satellites or interplanetary spacecraft weighing more than 53t (117,000lb) to low Earth orbit and geosynchronous transfer orbit.