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Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission
Atlas V 501
Historical mission record
This page records Atlas V 501 | Amazon Leo (Project Kuiper) Protoflight Mission and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 501
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Provider
- United Launch Alliance
- Programs
- Amazon Leo
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Atlas V 501
Atlas V with 5m Fairing, 0 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.
- Height
- 58.3 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 8
- First flight
- 2010-04-22
Recorded timing
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Weather concerns
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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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Coverage & sources
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Mission coverage
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