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Lawsuit Blasts Amazon’s Choice of Bezos’ Blue Origin for Project Kuiper
An Amazon shareholder has filed a lawsuit against the company’s founder Jeff Bezos and its board of directors for allegedly exercising bad judgement and not acting in good faith when selecting the launch providers for Project Kuiper. The suit, filed by Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund this week, claims that Amazon’s board of directors…
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Amazon Funds $US120 Million Facility for Satellite Megaconstellation Project
Amazon is building a facility in Florida for Project Kuiper, which aims to launch a projected 3,236 satellites into Earth’s low orbit. The company will build the $US120 million facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility (LLF) at Kennedy Space Center. The company announced on Friday that construction is underway, and it’s the latest…
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Boeing Seeks Redemption as It Readies Starliner for Yet Another Launch Attempt
Hard to believe, but it’s been nearly two and a half years since Boeing’s first botched test of its Starliner CST-100 spacecraft. Yep, it’s been a minute, so here’s a recap of the past 28 tumultuous months, and how Boeing might finally make good on providing a viable commercial crew vehicle for NASA.
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SpaceX Will Launch Major Next-Gen Weather Satellite With $207 Million From NASA
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has won a $US152.5 ($207) million U.S. federal contract to launch an important new weather satellite into space.