Falcon 9 Block 5 | Amazon Leo (KF-01)

First 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 will be managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,276 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

• B1096 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · zone record 161/162

• SpaceX Project Kuiper (KF-01) — The Space Devs
• GO! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Project Kuiper (KF-01) - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - July 16, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
• Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet service — Spaceflight Now
• 🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Project Kuiper (KF-1) — NASASpaceflight
• KF-01 Mission — SpaceX

1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
3. T−35MProp Load
4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
5. T−7MEngine Chill
6. T−1MTank Press
7. T−1MStartup
8. T−45SGO for Launch
9. T−3SIgnition
10. P0DLiftoff
11. T+1M12SMax-Q
12. T+2M27SMECO
13. T+2M31SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M39SSES-1
15. T+3M26SFairing Separation
16. T+6M15SEntry Burn Startup
17. T+6M40SEntry Burn Shutdown
18. T+8M6SStage 1 Landing Burn
19. T+8M30SSECO-1
20. T+8M30SStage 1 Landing
21. T+52M43SSES-2
22. T+52M46SSECO-2
23. T+56M18SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
24. T+1H3M58SPayload Deployment Sequence End

• Launch success.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source

• New T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2025 · source

• Updating launch weather, 80% GO.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/15/2025 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/14/2025 · source

• Tweaked launch window.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/11/2025 · source

• Updated launch window.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/9/2025 · source

• NET July 16 per NOTAMs; payload identity to be confirmed.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/8/2025 · source

• NET July.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 6/23/2025 · source

• Adding launch NET mid-2025

  Nosu · 12/2/2023 · source