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Arianespace will complete 18 flights for Amazon over a three-year period aboard Ariane 64 rockets.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/12/2026“No Urgency” to Upgrade Vega C Booster, Says ESA

Amazon is currently in a deployment surge with approximately 150 satellites in orbit and plans to launch half of its constellation by July 2026.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/2/2026When AWS Grew Wings: The “Boring” Genius of Amazon Leo

Amazon’s satellite internet system Amazon Leo (formerly Project Kuiper) is a significant customer of United Launch Alliance.

ORG RELATIONSHIP12/27/2025ULA, Tory Bruno lascia la guida dell’azienda dopo quasi 12 anni

Amazon has started shipping Project Kuiper satellites to French Guiana for their first launch on Ariane 6.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/20/2025Amazon has started shipping Project Kuiper satellites to French Guiana for their first launch on Ariane 6! This will be the first launch of the Ariane 64 configuration, and will be up next after the upcoming Galileo launch. Launch is expected in January or February.

Amazon has developed advanced customer terminals, including the first commercial phased array antenna to support gigabit speeds.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/16/2025Project Kuiper is now known as Amazon LEO

Amazon set out to design the most advanced satellite communications network ever built seven years ago.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/16/2025Project Kuiper is now known as Amazon LEO

Amazon plans to deploy an initial constellation of 3,200 satellites for internet connectivity.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/14/2025Project Kuiper Becomes Amazon Leo

Amazon has contracted 38 Vulcan launches for Project Kuiper, with the first launch scheduled for later this year.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2025R to @GewoonLukas_: While the Falcon 9 launches may be over, Amazon still has a lot of launches coming up for Project Kuiper. They currently have contracted: - 5 Atlas V (next likely next year) - 38 Vulcan (first later this year) - 18 Ariane 6 (first early next year) - 12 New Glenn (first next year)

Amazon has contracted 12 New Glenn launches for Project Kuiper, with the first launch scheduled for next year.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2025R to @GewoonLukas_: While the Falcon 9 launches may be over, Amazon still has a lot of launches coming up for Project Kuiper. They currently have contracted: - 5 Atlas V (next likely next year) - 38 Vulcan (first later this year) - 18 Ariane 6 (first early next year) - 12 New Glenn (first next year)

Amazon has contracted 18 Ariane 6 launches for Project Kuiper, with the first launch scheduled for early next year.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2025R to @GewoonLukas_: While the Falcon 9 launches may be over, Amazon still has a lot of launches coming up for Project Kuiper. They currently have contracted: - 5 Atlas V (next likely next year) - 38 Vulcan (first later this year) - 18 Ariane 6 (first early next year) - 12 New Glenn (first next year)

Contracting Falcon 9 launches allowed Amazon to launch almost double the amount of satellites.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2025R to @GewoonLukas_: Contracting these Falcon 9 launches turned out to be a very good decision by Amazon. Thanks to them, they've been able to launch almost double the amount of satellites that they would otherwise have been able to do so by now.

The KF-03 mission aims to deploy Amazon's 28 satellites into low-Earth orbit.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/11/2025Amazon’s KF-03 mission now planned for Sunday by SpaceX with calmer seas

Amazon’s Project Kuiper is scheduled to begin launches next year and Amazon has outlined plans to invest more than $10,000,000,000 in space activities including building spacecraft in-house.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/8/2024Ex-Google exec attracts financial backers for LEO megaconstellation

Ariane 6 has secured orders for 30 launches, including 18 for Amazon's Project Kuiper.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/8/2024Coping with Starship

Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband service, having launched two prototype satellites in October 2022.

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/28/2024Starlink’s disruption of the space industry

Amazon’s $4,000,000,000 investment in Anthropic is the largest venture investment Amazon has ever made.

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/3/2024Amazon Invests $4 billion on AI Startup Anthropic

Amazon completed tests of inter-satellite links between its two Project Kuiper prototype satellites in low Earth orbit on 2023-12-14.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/14/2023Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links

Arianespace will seek to conduct as many Ariane 6 flights as possible in 2025, including the first launches for Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/30/2023ESA sets mid-2024 date for first Ariane 6 launch

SpaceX and Amazon are among the largest companies not signed on to the World Economic Forum's recommendations for sustainable practices.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/5/2023The international community is not prepared for a future in space

Amazon plans to deploy its first pair of Project Kuiper prototype satellites this fall on an Atlas V from United Launch Alliance.

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/7/2023Amazon moves Project Kuiper prototypes from Vulcan to Atlas 5