Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites to orbit from Florida
01-07-2026 22:00 via space.com

Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites to orbit from Florida

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched another batch of Amazon's internet satellites to orbit early Thursday morning (July 2).An Atlas V rocket carrying 29 Amazon Leo spacecraft lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday at 12:30 a.m. EDT (0430 GMT).All of the satellites were successfully deployed in low Earth orbit (LEO) as planned, ULA announced 70 minutes after liftoff. Amazon Leo is the Amazon's broadband megaconstellation in LEO (hence the name), which will even
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