16 December 2025 year Fr. 08:28 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, using a launch vehicle «Atlas in 551» a launch was made 27 US spacecraft «Amazon Leo (LA-04)».
«Amazon Leo (LA-04)» – This is a mega-constellation of satellites in a low Earth orbit, which will provide broadband online access, analogue of the American Starlink system. To manage this constellation will be Kuiper Systems LLC, Amazon subsidiary. Satellites are planned to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers: at a height 590 km, 610 km and 630 km. The company has invested over 10 billions of dollars in this project.
«Amazon Leo», раніше відоме як «Project Kuiper», will become a direct competitor Starlink from SpaceX, which has already brought to orbit beyond 8000 satellites and serves about 4,5 a million customers in more than 100 countries. Amazon concluded contracts on 92 Running with different providers, In particular, United Launch Alliance, Arianespace і Blue Origin, To deploy his satellite group.
Atlas V - a one -time two -stage starting system of the ATLAS missiles family, Originally developed by Lockheed Martin, And now used United Launch Alliance (ULA), by a joint venture Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The Starozhil rocket in time in the US.
At the moment of the group is 153 KA. Даний запуск розширить угрупування КА «Amazon Leo» ще на 27 KA. Amazon to create a group with 3276 KA.
According to the CCS