Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission

United Launch Alliance's Atlas V, in the 501 configuration, carried Amazon's first two Project Kuiper prototypes, Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2, to a roughly 500 km orbit to validate the satellite design ahead of the planned broadband megaconstellation.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

1.2 T (est.)

Flight

8th

of 8 Atlas V 501 flights

Date and time

6 October 2023, 18:06 UTC

Rocket

Atlas V 501

Builder

ULA

Launch site

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

Payload

Communications

International designator

2023-154

Launches in 2023

164th of 223

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