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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Project Kuiper satellites for Jeff Bezos company Amazon lifts off from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, at 2:18 a.m. EDT on July 16, 2025. The mission, dubbed Kuiper Falcon 1, or KF-01, is the first batch that will fly on Falcon 9. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandates Amazon to have at least half of its planned 3,236-satellite constellation in operation by July 30, 2026. If they fail, the FCC could limit the number of satellites they're allowed to deploy further.