Amazon is keen to get its second batch of internet satellites into orbit, but it won’t be happening just yet.

Update for 1 p.m. ET on June 16: The planned June 16 launch of the Kuiper-2 mission was scrubbed due to an issue with its United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket — specifically, "an engineering observation of an elevated purge temperature within the booster engine," ULA wrote via X on June 16. No new target launch date has been announced.

The United Launch Alliance liftoff planned for Monday with dozens of new satellites to join Amazon's "Project Kuiper" mission was delayed due to engineering issues.

SpaceX celebrated the 500th launch of a Falcon rocket last week with the Starlink 12-19 mission, which was also the company’s 70th launch of the year and its first for June. SpaceX achieved a total of 17 launches in May, with 16 Falcon 9 launches and the ninth test flight of Starship.

Axiom 4 Delayed The launch of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) has been postponed for a second time. This delay stems from a pressure leak in the Russian Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station (ISS),

Project Kuiper aims to provide global broadband internet coverage through a network of low Earth orbit satellites.

Elon Musk’s Starlink secures licence to operate in India, becoming the third satcom provider. Its LEO satellites aim to bridge the digital divide, sparking competition with local telecoms like Jio and Airtel.