Amazon Leo Launch Delayed Again as FCC Deployment Deadline Looms

FCC chairman advises the company to address the more than 1,000 satellite shortfall amid launch setbacks.

Amazon Leo Launch Delayed Again as FCC Deployment Deadline Looms
Photo from Atlas V rocket carrying the Amazon Leo LA-04 mission launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Dec. 16, 2025, by Gwendolyn Kurzen/U.S. Space Force.

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2026 – Amazon Leo, formerly Project Kuiper, has delayed its fifth launch in partnership with the United Launch Alliance, citing inclement weather. 

The mission, designated LA-05 (Leo Atlas 5), was set to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday, but now joins a list of scheduled setbacks that threaten the company’s ability to meet federal deployment deadlines.

“Due to predicted inclement weather, the fifth launch of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the next batch of production satellites for Amazon Leo, Leo 5, has been delayed,” ULA announced.

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