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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03). It is scheduled to be launched by Arianespace from Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana at 2026-06-17 11:53:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 7 out of 333 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km and 630 km altitude.

36 satellites will be carried on this Ariane 6 launch.

• [2026-06-17 11:53:00 UTC] 🟩 Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-03) from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
• [2026-06-18 08:54:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-179 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-06-18 20:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Spectrum | Onward and Upward from Andøya Spaceport.
• [2026-06-20 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-28 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-06-21 10:43:00 UTC] 🟨 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-06-23 02:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-06-24 02:48:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-45 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-06-27 09:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission from Air launch to orbit.
• [2026-06-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-06-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.

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