ULA's Atlas V 551 launched the LA-04 (Kuiper 3) mission from Cape Canaveral, deploying 27 satellites for Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper), the company's low Earth orbit broadband internet megaconstellation.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 17 T (est.)
- Flight
- 19th
- of 23 Atlas V 551 flights
- Date and time
- 16 December 2025, 08:28 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas V 551
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2025-301
- Launches in 2025
- 313th of 329
See it in orbit
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