LaunchesAmazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission
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Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission

Atlas V 501 · Communications

Oct 6, 2023 · 18:06 UTCSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral

Mission

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.

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Mission Facts

Provider
ULA · Amazon Leo
Rocket
Atlas V 501
Orbit
LEO
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
NET precision
Second
Data source
LL2
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