Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)

STATUS

To Be Determined. Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

SCHEDULE HISTORY

Tracked since Sep 23. Launch Library has held some of these dates only roughly, so these changes are listed and not counted as moves.

1. Sep 23First recorded: October 2026 · TBD
2. Oct 8Oct 29, 2026 · TBD
3. Oct 24November 2026 · TBD
4. Oct 28Nov 13, 2026 · TBD

MISSION

Mission

Amazon Leo (LV-01)

Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Program

Amazon Leo

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. 45 satellites will be carried on each Vulcan launch.

ROCKET AND PROVIDER

Rocket

Vulcan VC6L

Provider

United Launch Alliance (commercial)

On SpaceDew

Lockheed Martin. ULA is a Lockheed/Boeing joint venture.

LAUNCH SITE

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Location

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SEEING IT

Where people watch from on Florida's Space Coast, with the distance to Space Launch Complex 41:

• 6 miPlayalinda Beach, Canaveral National Seashore: the closest public beach, looking south along the coast; entry is capped and the seashore closes for some launches
• 14 miSpace View Park, Titusville: on the Indian River, looking east across the water
• 14 miParrish Park and the Max Brewer Bridge, Titusville: the river and the bridge, looking east
• 12 miJetty Park, Port Canaveral: the beach by the port; paid parking
• 18 miAlan Shepard Park, Cocoa Beach: the beach south of the port

From the pad to Orlando 48 mi, Daytona Beach 51 mi, Tampa 122 mi, Jacksonville 137 mi, West Palm Beach 133 mi, Miami 196 mi.

A rule of thumb, not a promise: at night with clear skies a launch is a bright point climbing the sky for roughly 150 miles along the coast (Florida Today puts a Cape launch in view from Jacksonville to West Palm Beach); in daylight it is a plume you need to be much closer to see. Haze, cloud and the rocket's path all change it.

Closures and official viewing sites: Canaveral National Seashore (closures). Sources: Florida Today's viewing guide, We Report Space: where to watch on the Space Coast.