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Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network, and our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world. Our initial satellite constellation will include more than 3,200 spacecraft, which we began deploying in April 2025 when we sent our first 27 satellites into space. That mission was the first of more than 80 to deploy our constellation.

Follow along here for updates on recent and upcoming Project Kuiper missions.

Upcoming missions

KF-03: Next Kuiper mission set for Wednesday, October 8

SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, October 8, for Amazon’s KF-03 mission. Named KF-03 for Amazon’s third launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the mission will send another 24 Kuiper satellites to low Earth orbit, bringing the total number of Kuiper spacecraft launched to date to 153 satellites. The mission will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with liftoff set for 9:56 p.m. ET.

Falcon 9 will deploy the satellites at an altitude of 289 miles (465 kilometers) above Earth, at which point the Kuiper team will take command from our mission operations center in Redmond, Washington. From there, we perform initial satellite health checks and prepare to raise the satellites to their assigned altitude of 392 miles (630 km), where they will be fully commissioned as part of our operational satellite constellation.

Mission No. 6
Mission name: KF-03 (Kuiper Falcon 3)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Launch date/time: Wednesday, October 8, 9:56 p.m. EDT
Number of satellites: 24
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Kuiper missions to date

Space launch vehicle igniting engines on launchpad

Kuiper satellites liftoff aboard ULA's Atlas V rocket during the KA-03 missionPhoto by ULA

Mission No. 5
Mission name: KA-03 (Kuiper Atlas 3)
Launch vehicle: ULA Atlas V 551
Launch date: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 8:09 a.m. EDT
Number of satellites: 27
Launch site: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Mission No. 4
Mission name: KF-02 (Kuiper Falcon 2)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Launch date/time: Monday, August 11, 2025, 8:35 a.m. EDT
Number of satellites: 24
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

SpaceX launched Amazon’s third batch of satellites on July 16 as part of Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper deployed 24 satellites aboard its KF-01 mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX Photo by Image: SpaceX

Mission No. 3
Mission name: KF-01 (Kuiper Falcon 1)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9
Launch date/time: Wednesday, July 16, 2:30 a.m. EDT
Number of satellites: 24
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Mission No. 2
Mission name: KA-02 (Kuiper Atlas 2)
Launch vehicle: ULA Atlas V 551
Launch date/time: Monday, June 23, 2025, 6:54 a.m. EDT
Number of satellites: 27
Launch site: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

Mission No. 1
Mission name: KA-01 (Kuiper Atlas 1)
Launch vehicle: ULA Atlas V 551
Launch date/time: Monday, April 28, 2025, 7:01 p.m. EDT
Number of satellites: 27
Launch site: Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

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