4 April 2026 year Fr. 05:45 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, using a launch vehicle «Atlas in 551» a launch was made 29 US spacecraft «Amazon Leo (THE-05)».
«Amazon Leo» – 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», formerly known as «Project Kuiper», will become a direct competitor Starlink from SpaceX, який уже вивів на орбіту 10121 супутники і обслуговує близько 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 210 identified KA. This launch will expand the grouping of the "Amazon Leo" spacecraft by another 29 KA. Amazon to create a group with 3276 KA.
According to the CCS