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Atlas V has delivered 139 Amazon spacecraft into orbit through six successful flights, including the Protoflight mission and five launches for the Leo constellation.
United Launch Alliance launched the Amazon Leo 5 mission on an Atlas V rocket.
Amazon’s satellites operate in three orbits at approximately 590, 610, and 630 kilometres.
Amazon is in discussions with Globalstar about potentially acquiring the company.
Amazon said it had recorded a mean insertion altitude of 450 kilometres in multiple space safety reports filed with the FCC.
Amazon has requested a milestone extension from the Federal Communications Commission for its Leo constellation buildout.
Amazon filed a 2 April response stating that it had noted the insertion-altitude change in multiple reports submitted to the FCC.
Amazon plans to lower its target insertion altitude beginning with the fourth Ariane 64 flight.
Amazon launched three missions in 2025 that placed satellites at similar altitudes to the orbit involved in SpaceX’s FCC complaint.
Amazon satellites are typically deployed into a lower orbit and then use onboard propulsion to raise themselves to operational altitude.
Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit connectivity solution.
Amazon said SpaceX did not raise the insertion-altitude issue during the first July 2025 launch of Amazon Leo satellites or during two subsequent launches to the same altitude.
Amazon satellites use onboard propulsion for station keeping and collision avoidance.
Amazon said it had not concealed the insertion-altitude change from the FCC and had explained the change to Commission staff before making it.
Amazon stated that SpaceX deployed Amazon satellites at an altitude of 460 kilometres over three separate Falcon 9 missions in 2025.
A SpaceX filing alleged that Amazon and Arianespace violated the approved orbital debris mitigation plan and licence conditions by deploying Amazon Leo satellites 50 to 90 kilometres higher than the authorised 400 kilometres.
On 1 April, SpaceX filed a complaint with the FCC accusing Amazon and Arianespace of deploying 32 satellites into a higher orbit than authorised during a February Ariane 64 launch.
Amazon said it had taken SpaceX’s concerns seriously and had offered a solution that SpaceX declined.
Amazon proposed a Sovereign Priority Waveform that would give Globalstar and Apple emergency packets absolute priority over other traffic in the constellation.
Amazon’s Amazon Leo network includes a software-defined Dynamic Spectrum Management system.