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Atlas V 501 | Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission

Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 6 Oct 2023, 06:06 pm UTC

Rocket: Atlas V 501 (Atlas)

Provider: United Launch Alliance

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

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.