Amazon Sets April 9 Launch Date for First Operational Kuiper Satellites

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2025 – Amazon plans to launch its first batch of operational Project Kuiper satellites on April 9 – a first  step in the company’s effort to build a satellite-based broadband network. 

The launch is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral aboard United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket and will be live streamed on ULA’s website.

“We’ve done extensive testing on the ground to prepare for this first mission, but there are some things you can only learn in flight,” said Rajeev Badyal, vice president of Kuiper. “This will be the first time we’ve flown our final satellite design and the first time we’ve deployed so many satellites at once.”