ULA Adds 27 Satellites To Amazon Kuiper Constellation

Irene Klotz June 23, 2025
United Launch Alliance Kuiper

Kuiper

Credit: United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket delivered 27 satellites—built, owned and operated by Amazon—into low Earth orbit (LEO) June 23, doubling the size of Amazon’s nascent Kuiper broadband communications network. The Atlas V 551 rocket, outfitted with five solid rocket boosters and a medium...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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