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walrus01 on Feb 25, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: New Glenn’s Progress Towards Maiden Flight

This also pushes further back the schedule for Amazon's Kuiper, unless they plan to use third party launch services.

ThisIsTheWay on Feb 25, 2021 [–]

I feel like they have to use a third party at this point. The friction between Musk/SpaceX, Blue Origin, and the FCC makes me think that Kuiper needs to get on orbit ASAP to begin testing. Starlink is rolling out quickly, and if Amazon doesn't get moving now they are really going to be in a tough spot.

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