United Launch Alliance

Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission

Atlas V 501

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, October 6, 2023 · 18:06 UTC

Mission

/01

This launch deployed 2 KuiperSat demonstration satellites to 500 km altitude, 30 degree inclination orbit. They were previously scheduled on the 1st Vulcan launch. Amazon Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper, is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

85%

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas V 501

Variant: 501

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.583° N, 80.583° W

110

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