Kuiper · Communications
KUIPER-00158
NonoperationalCommunicationsLEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 551 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- Amazon Leo (KA-03)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 626 km
- Periapsis
- 624 km
- Inclination
- 51.9°
- Orbital period
- 97.21 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Amazon (Project Kuiper)
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-217Q
- NORAD catalog №
- 65776
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Kuiper
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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