Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon internet satellites, ties record for heaviest payload it's ever flown
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 Amazon internet satellites on April 27, tying its payload-weight record. The launch is part of Amazon's effort to build out its Leo broadband constellation, which will eventually consist of over 3,200 satellites.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 Amazon internet satellites on April 27 at 8:53 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The rocket successfully delivered the satellites to low Earth orbit over 10 separate deployments. This mission, called Amazon Leo 6, is the sixth launch by ULA to help build out Amazon's Leo broadband constellation. The constellation will eventually consist of over 3,200 satellites and requires more than 80 launches. The Atlas V has flown six of these launches, with SpaceX's Falcon 9 launching three and Arianespace's rocket launching one. The Ariane 6 is scheduled to launch another Amazon Leo mission from French Guiana on April 29.
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