Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
Second of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, with 24 satellites on board. 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…
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 24 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUIPER-00081 2025-171A | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00088 2025-171B | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00095 2025-171C | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00096 2025-171D | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00097 2025-171E | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00098 2025-171F | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00099 2025-171G | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00100 2025-171H | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
Show all 24 objects
| KUIPER-00102 2025-171J | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00103 2025-171K | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00104 2025-171L | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00105 2025-171M | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00106 2025-171N | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00107 2025-171P | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00108 2025-171Q | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00109 2025-171R | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00110 2025-171S | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00111 2025-171T | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00112 2025-171U | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00114 2025-171V | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00115 2025-171W | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00116 2025-171X | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00118 2025-171Y | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00119 2025-171Z | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2025-171 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).