PARIS — Launch service provider Arianespace is uncertain whether it will begin launching Amazons’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites in December aboard the inaugural flight of the heavy Ariane 64 rocket, or select two European Galileo navigation satellites, which use the lighter Ariane 62, which would put the Kuiper launch into early 2026.
The Ariane 6 has flown three times, including twice this year, all using the lighter 62 variant. The company plans two more Ariane 6 missions this year, and then eight in 2026, as it ramps production of . . .
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