Kuiper · Communications
KUIPER-00117
OperationalCommunicationsLEO
KUIPER-00117 is a Amazon (Project Kuiper) communications satellite, part of the Kuiper constellation, launched on October 14, 2025 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 14, 2025 at 01:58 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Amazon Leo (KF-03)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 630 km
- Periapsis
- 629 km
- Inclination
- 51.9°
- Orbital period
- 97.3 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Amazon (Project Kuiper)
- Manufacturer
- Amazon
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 490 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-228C
- NORAD catalog №
- 65949
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Kuiper
- Status
- Operational
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