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Amazon Leo (LV-27)

Vulcan VC6L, United Launch Alliance

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

Launch time

No earlier than

NET 2020s

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Mission

Amazon Leo (LV-27) on Vulcan VC6L. NET 2020s. Status: TBD. Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41. Source: Launch Library 2.

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. 45 satellites will be carried on each Vulcan launch.

Mission type
Communications
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit

Programmes: Amazon Leo

Launch-site file imagery

A Vulcan rocket lifts off between the lightning towers of Space Launch Complex 41 in a night launch.

File imagery: Peregrine Mission One, 8 January 2024. Space Launch Complex 41 during a Vulcan launch.

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett · Public domain (NASA) · Source

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    Launch pad

    Space Launch Complex 41

    Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)

    Coordinates: 28.58341025, -80.58303644

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    Launch data: The Space Devs (Launch Library 2)

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