Ariane 64 launched Amazon Leo LE-02.

Ariane 64 is an Arianespace launch vehicle.

Arianespace completed a second launch for Amazon Leo with Ariane 6 on April 30, 2026.

The Amazon Leo mission launched on April 30, 2026 was designated VA268 and LE-02 by Amazon Leo.

The April 30, 2026 Arianespace launch of 32 Amazon Leo satellites was completed in 1 hour and 54 minutes.

Arianespace’s next Ariane 6 launch, VA269, will be an Ariane 64 mission for Amazon Leo designated LE-03.

On April 30, 2026, Arianespace launched 32 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit aboard Ariane 6 in its Ariane 64 configuration from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

Ariane 6’s VA269 mission will debut more powerful P160C solid rocket boosters.

The P160C solid rocket boosters are intended to allow Ariane 6 to launch more satellites at once.

Hengxin Satellite holds a 200 million yuan investment and an 18.18% stake in Shanghai Commercial Space Sea Launch Technology Co., Ltd.

Minhang District holds a 150 million yuan investment and a 13.64% stake in Shanghai Commercial Space Sea Launch Technology Co., Ltd.

COSCO Shipping Investment holds a 200 million yuan investment and an 18.18% stake in Shanghai Commercial Space Sea Launch Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Guosheng Group is the largest shareholder of Shanghai Commercial Space Sea Launch Technology Co., Ltd. with a 300 million yuan investment and a 27.27% stake.

Shanghai Commercial Space Sea Launch Technology Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai to build and operate a sea launch platform and provide launch services.

Huojian Company holds a 250 million yuan investment and a 22.73% stake in Shanghai Commercial Space Sea Launch Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Commercial Space Sea Launch Technology Co., Ltd. has registered capital of 1.1 billion yuan.

A workplace for the Orel descent module was installed at the Vostochny cosmodrome.

Workers at the Vostochny cosmodrome will prepare the Orel descent module capsule for launches.

Soyuz-5 uses common bulkhead technology for cryogenic propellant tanks.

Soyuz-5 is now targeting a launch at 14:00 Moscow Time tomorrow.

Soyuz-5 incorporates 3D printing, friction welding, and new alloys.

A launch of Soyuz-5 was reported at around 21:00 Moscow Time.

Soyuz-5 includes technology that is new to Soviet and Russian rockets in general.

Reports placed a launch at about 21:00 Moscow Time on Apr. 30, 2026.

Roscosmos has video footage of the first Soyuz-5 launch.

Roscosmos uploaded a full live stream of the first Soyuz-5/Sunkar suborbital test launch.

Soyuz-5/Sunkar rolled out at the Baiterek technical complex.

The Baiterek technical complex is labeled "Технический комплекс КРК Байтерек" in the image.

Clustergate-2 validated DPhi Space’s ability to operate a compute platform in orbit.

DPhi Space has publicly shared pricing and software specifications to lower barriers for developers who want to test software in space.

Hackathon applications included vision-language models for detecting illegal mining and maritime anomalies.

DPhi Space co-organized a hackathon with Liquid AI to help developers explore in-space compute use cases.

DPhi Space registered about 500 applications for its ongoing hackathon.

DPhi Space launched Clustergate-1 in March 2025 to validate its ability to integrate and fly hosted payloads.

OmniSat will carry hosted sensors and NVIDIA GPUs.

OmniSat is targeting launch as soon as late 2027.

DPhi Space’s second mission, Clustergate-2, rode to orbit on a Momentus Vigoride 7 in March.

DPhi Space hosted Liquid AI’s large language model on orbit to analyze an Earth observation image without first transmitting the image to the ground.

DPhi Space plans to develop OmniSat as a production-class satellite that can host both payloads and software capabilities.

Mantis Space is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Mantis Space is developing a constellation of spacecraft that is designed to orbit almost continuously in sunlight and transmit power in real time to customer satellites, stations, and orbital computing platforms.

Mantis Space aims to let operators reduce or eliminate battery mass by relaying power from sunlit spacecraft to customer spacecraft in eclipse.

Atomic-6’s Light Wing solar arrays and Hot Wing radiators are the cornerstone technologies for a Mantis Space constellation.

Mantis Space and Atomic-6 have formed a preferred vendor partnership to supply solar arrays and thermal management systems for a new orbital power-relay platform.

Atomic-6 has received more than $3 billion in contract bid requests from major constellation operators.

Atomic-6 was founded in 2019 in metro Atlanta and is headquartered in Marietta, Georgia.

The Mantis Space orbital power infrastructure model would add an energy utility layer to on-orbit refueling, satellite servicing, and orbital assembly.

UWA describes Novespace’s Airbus A310 Zero-G as the world’s largest civilian microgravity research platform.

Australian astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg used Novespace’s Airbus A310 Zero-G for zero-gravity training during her European Space Agency astronaut preparation.

Each parabolic manoeuvre in the campaign provides up to 30 seconds of weightlessness.