16.07.2025
SpaceX KF-01 launch recap: Live updates from Amazon mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Wednesday, July 16, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Amazon Project Kuiper KF-01 mission.
Original story: Coming up early this morning: SpaceX's first-ever launch of Amazon Project Kuiper satellites after Invest 93L swirled across the Florida peninsula.
SpaceX is now targeting 2:30 a.m. to send up a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40. The Falcon 9 will deploy a batch of 24 Project Kuiper internet satellites into orbit 289 miles above Earth. The mission will expand Amazon's newly established constellation — which consists of 54 satellites to date.
Despite Invest 93L's storms passing across Florida earlier, the Space Force's 45th Weather Squadron predicted 80% odds of favorable launch weather, with anvil clouds and cumulus clouds posing the primary threats.
No Brevard County sonic booms are expected. Rather, after soaring skyward to the northeast, the rocket's first-stage booster will target landing aboard the SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Amazon Project Kuiper KF-01 mission at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 16, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands on drone ship
Update 2:38 a.m.: The Falcon 9's new first-stage booster just landed aboard SpaceX's drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean, completing its maiden mission.
Liftoff!
Update 2:30 a.m.: Liftoff! SpaceX has just launched the Falcon 9 carrying 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Update 2:23 a.m.: Seven minutes before SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifts off, the countdown appears to be proceeding as planned. Rocket fueling remains well underway at Launch Complex 40.
Following is a list of key remaining countdown milestones. T-minus:
- 7 minutes: Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch.
- 1 minute: Command flight computer begins final prelaunch checks; propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins.
- 45 seconds: SpaceX launch director verifies “go for launch.”
- 3 seconds: Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start.
- 0 seconds: Falcon 9 liftoff.
Quelle: Florida Today