Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · LEO
Third 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-00101 2025-228A | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00113 2025-228B | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00117 2025-228C | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00121 2025-228D | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00122 2025-228E | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00123 2025-228F | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00124 2025-228G | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00125 2025-228H | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
Show all 24 objects
| KUIPER-00126 2025-228J | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00127 2025-228K | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00128 2025-228L | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00129 2025-228M | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00130 2025-228N | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00134 2025-228P | Payload | 448 × 455 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00135 2025-228Q | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00136 2025-228R | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00137 2025-228S | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00138 2025-228T | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00140 2025-228U | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00141 2025-228V | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00146 2025-228W | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00149 2025-228X | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00154 2025-228Y | Payload | 629 × 630 km · 51.9° | Globe |
| KUIPER-00157 2025-228Z | Payload | 639 × 640 km · 51.9° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2025-228 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).