en.Wedoany.com Reported - Amazon's satellite internet project, Amazon Leo (formerly known as Project Kuiper), plans to execute two launch missions on June 17 and July 3 to accelerate the deployment of its low Earth orbit satellite constellation. Since beginning full deployment in April 2025, the project has completed 11 missions within its first year of operations, sending over 300 satellites into orbit, making it the third largest satellite constellation currently in orbit.
The upcoming Leo Europe 3 (LE-03) mission, scheduled for June 17, is planned to launch from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 7:53 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 17 (11:53 UTC). This mission will use an Ariane 6 rocket and, benefiting from upgraded P160C solid boosters, will deploy 36 satellites, four more than the previous two Ariane 6 missions (each deploying 32 satellites). This represents the largest payload ever launched for Amazon Leo and its launch provider, Arianespace, and also marks the 100th Amazon Leo satellite launched by Arianespace, which has completed three related missions in less than five months.
Another mission, named Leo Atlas 8 (LA-08), is scheduled for July 3, launched by United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, at 12:03 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 3. LA-08 will launch an additional 29 satellites into low Earth orbit, marking Amazon's eighth and final launch on the ULA Atlas V rocket, after which Amazon will transition to ULA's next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket for future missions.
According to information disclosed by the project, missions completed to date include: the 12th mission LA-07 (ULA Atlas V 551, Friday, May 29, 7:53 p.m. Eastern Time, 29 satellites); the 11th mission LE-02 (Ariane 64, Thursday, April 30, 1:57 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 8:57 UTC, 32 satellites); the 10th mission LA-06 (ULA Atlas V 551, Monday, April 27, 8:52 p.m. Eastern Time, 29 satellites); the 9th mission LA-05 (ULA Atlas V 551, Saturday, April 4, 1:46 a.m. Eastern Time, 29 satellites); the 8th mission LE-01 (Ariane 64, Thursday, February 12, 2026, 8:45 a.m. Pacific Standard Time, 4:45 p.m. UTC, 32 satellites); the 7th mission LA-04 (ULA Atlas V 551, Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 3:28 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, 27 satellites); the 6th mission KF-03 (SpaceX Falcon 9, Monday, October 13, 2025, 9:58 p.m. Eastern Time, 24 satellites).
The 5th mission KA-03 (ULA Atlas V 551, Thursday, September 25, 2025, 8:09 a.m. Eastern Time, 27 satellites); the 4th mission KF-02 (SpaceX Falcon 9, Monday, August 11, 2025, 8:35 a.m. Eastern Time, 24 satellites).
The 3rd mission KF-01 (SpaceX Falcon 9, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 2:30 a.m. Eastern Time, 24 satellites); the 2nd mission KA-02 (ULA Atlas V 551, Monday, June 23, 2025, 6:54 a.m. Eastern Time, 27 satellites); and the 1st mission KA-01 (ULA Atlas V 551, Monday, April 28, 2025, 7:01 p.m. Eastern Time, 27 satellites). Amazon Leo is a low Earth orbit satellite network designed to provide fast, reliable internet services to customers and communities worldwide who lack access to existing networks. The project has secured over 100 launches and plans to increase launch frequency over time. On November 13, 2025, the project was officially renamed from Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo.
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