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Arianespace
Time to be confirmed · Arianespace
Amazon Leo LE-04
Official name: Amazon Leo (LE-04)
Ariane 64 · Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Liftoff in 9 days 17 h, time to be confirmed
- Liftoff
- Status
- Time to be confirmed
- Vehicle
- Ariane 64
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 4
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Orbit
- Low Earth
- Mission type
- Communications
- Provider
- Arianespace
The mission
Ariane 64 is set to launch Amazon Leo (LE-04) for Arianespace from Ariane Launch Area 4 in Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, Mon, Nov 23 · 12:00 AM UTC, a time still to be confirmed. Target orbit: Low Earth. Mission type: Communications. It is Arianespace's 329th launch.
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.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
See it on the radar: the countdown, the flight path and where to look from your ZIP code.
Can I see it?
Set your ZIP code on the radar to see how far you are from the pad.
Liftoff is in the dark at the pad. You would see the engine flame, which fades quickly with distance: people usually see it from within about 249 mi (400 km).
It should head northeast from the pad. We guess the heading from the target orbit, so the real path can differ.
Whether you can see it depends on where you are, the weather and the exact time. Open it on Astro Radar with your ZIP code for a modeled estimate of where to look, worked out for every second of the flight. It is an estimate, not a promise.
Watch it with friends
Send Amazon Leo (LE-04) · Ariane 64 to a group chat on Astro, or make it a plan: Astro opens a new plan called Watch Amazon Leo (LE-04) · Ariane 64 with the day and time filled in, for a group or a friend. The time is still to be confirmed, so check it again before the day.
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From Launch Library 2, as of Nov 13, 6:26 AM UTC. Times and status can change; the radar has the latest.