Los ntawm sab laug: Artist renderings of the launches of RS1 rocket and a Vulcan rocket.
ABL Chaw; United Launch Alliance
Amazon yog swapping caij rau thawj tus qauv satellites rau nws qhov Project Kuiper internet network, lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm hnub Wednesday, ib qho kev txav uas ncua kev xa tawm ob lub dav hlau mus rau xyoo tom ntej.
Lub tuam txhab thev naus laus zis tau hloov nws lub Kuipersat-1 thiab Kuipersat-2 los ntawm RS1 foob pob hluav taws hauv kev txhim kho los ntawm ABL Space mus rau qhov kev sib tw ua ntej ntawm Vulcan foob pob hluav taws los ntawm United Launch Alliance, kev sib koom ua lag luam ntawm Boeing thiab Lockheed Martin.
Ib xyoo dhau los Amazon tshaj tawm tias ABL's RS1 yuav nqa cov qauv mus rau orbit nyob rau hauv lig 2022, tab sis lub foob pob ua ntxaij tseem nyob rau hauv txoj kev loj hlob, nrog ib tug ua ntej debut launches tseem tsis tau tshem tawm.
Hloov chaw, Amazon satellites yuav caij tsheb rau thawj zaug ntawm ULA's Vulcan, uas tau npaj rau thawj peb lub hlis twg. ULA tau tos ob qhov loj rau Vulcan thawj zaug: ib khub ntawm BE-4 lub cav ua los ntawm Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin thiab Peregrine lunar lander ntawm Astrobotic - lub dav hlau yav dhau los tau booked ntawm lub davhlau.
Reuters thawj zaug tshaj tawm Amazon qhov hloov ntawm foob pob hluav taws-xa tshuab.
Amazon tsis ditching ABL tag nrho, txawm li cas los xij, hais tias nws npaj yuav khaws ob lub foob pob hluav taws nrog lub tuam txhab foob pob hluav taws rau kev ua haujlwm yav tom ntej. ABL Thawj Tswj Hwm Dan Piemont tau lees paub cov phiaj xwm txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm nrog Amazon, qhia CNBC hauv nqe lus hais tias nws lub tuam txhab ua tiav kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev cai Project Kuiper spacecraft adapter ua ntej xyoo no. Nws kuj tseem hais ntxiv tias ABL muaj cov haujlwm rov qab los ntawm cov neeg siv khoom suav nrog US Space Force thiab Lockheed Martin.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/12/amazon-changes-kuiper-prototype-satellites-launch-from-abl-to-ula.html