Have 7 Kuipers already been launched? 8 is the first payload added...63724 KUIPER-00008 2025-088A PAYLOAD US 2025-04-28 AFETR 93.85 51.86 470 456 TLE | OMM
15 photos from Project Kuiper's first launch of low Earth orbit satellitesCheck out scenes from Project Kuiper’s first mission, including during launch and inside Mission Control as the first spacecraft in our satellite internet constellation began operating in space.May 09, 2025[...]On April 28, United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the first 27 Kuiper satellites into space, marking the start of a full-scale deployment of our low Earth orbit satellite network. The ULA Atlas V rocket lifted off at 7:01 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, and completed releasing all 27 satellites into space 36 minutes later at an altitude of 280 miles (450 kilometers) above Earth. Our team in mission control established contact with all 27 satellites within 90 minutes of launch, and we’ve continued to have a nominal start to the mission with all systems and subsystems onboard operating as planned.[...]
Precision in motion. Atlas V launches Kuiper 1 into space with 2.7 million pounds of thrust.y
May 13, 2025A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Kuiper-1 mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on April 28 at 7:01 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Kuiper 1 launch marks the beginning of full-scale deployment of the Kuiper constellation and a new chapter in the commercial launch industry as Amazon partners with ULA to deliver a majority of its advanced satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO).
