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Tariq Malik

RARE PHOTOS: Launch of amazon s 1st kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather | Vintage Vibes

A gold and white atlas v rocket on the launch pad carrying 28 Amazon Kuiper satellites.

Amazon may be a whiz at fast online deliveries, but the massive company will have to wait to launch the first satellites of its new space internet constellation after bad weather thwarted a liftoff on Wednesday night.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket attempted to launch 27 of Amazon's first Project Kuiper internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on April 9, but persistent clouds near the pad violated launch rules, ULA officials said.

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