Kuiper · Communications
KUIPER-00605
OperationalCommunicationsLEONORAD 69288
KUIPER-00605 is a Amazon (Project Kuiper) communications satellite, part of the Kuiper constellation, launched on May 29, 2026 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 29, 2026 at 11:53 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Atlas V 551 →
- Operator
- United Launch Alliance
- Mission
- Amazon Leo (LA-07)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 460 km
- Periapsis
- 450 km
- Inclination
- 51.87°
- Orbital period
- 93.69 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Amazon (Project Kuiper)
- Manufacturer
- Amazon
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 490 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Dimensions
- 1.8 × 0.7 × 0.7 m
- Detailed purpose
- Broadband internet
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2026-118X
- NORAD catalog №
- 69288
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Constellation
- Kuiper
- Status
- Operational
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