| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-07-16, 06:30 | |
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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-07-16, 02:30 (EDT) | | Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA | | Booster | B1096-1 | | Landing | A Shortfall of Gravitas | | Payload | 24 Kuiper Satellites | | Payload mass | unknown | | Customer | Amazon Kuiper Systems | | Target orbit | LEO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link | |
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| | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvUpLlJAOR0 | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSU2vax533M | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIav83YfugE | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00qlbUWTgtI | | SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1945367238246048036 | | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ First launch of B1096
☑️ 42nd launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 3 days, 1:26:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 118th landing on ASOG
☑️ 481st Falcon family booster landing, 493rd Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 87th Falcon 9 mission of 2025, 505th Falcon 9 mission overall
☑️ 90th SpaceX mission of 2025, 530th overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 90th SpaceX launch of 2025, 540th overall (including Starship hops)
Mission info
Project Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access managed by Kuiper Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon. This constellation is planned to be composed of 3,236 satellites. The satellites are projected to be placed in 98 orbital planes in three orbital layers, one at 590 km, 610 km, and 630 km altitude.