ULA launches 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit from Florida

Space Coast - 05/29/2026 - A new batch of satellites for Amazon's internet constellation made it to orbit tonight (May 29).

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at 7:53 p.m. EDT (2353 GMT).
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It was the seventh Amazon Leo mission to fly on an Atlas V, and tied, for the second time, the rocket's record for heaviest payload launched to orbit — about 18 tons. Overall, this was the 12th Amazon Leo mission to fly, and it added the 29 satellites to Amazon's existing network of 300 already in orbit.

​Amazon aims to raise that number more than tenfold. The company currently plans on launching about 3,200 broadband satellites to orbit to compete with SpaceX's Starlink internet megaconstellation, which currently consists of nearly 10,500 spacecraft.

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