Falcon 9 Lifts Amazon’s Kuiper Constellation Toward Orbit
Cape Canaveral, FL., (October 13th, 2025)- A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered off the Florida coast on October 13, 2025, carrying a fresh batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into orbit and marking another major milestone in the race to build next-generation global internet from space.
The mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with Falcon 9’s nine Merlin engines lighting up the predawn sky as the rocket surged away from Earth, sending Amazon’s newest Kuiper spacecraft on their journey toward low-Earth orbit. Within minutes, the first stage completed a clean ascent and separated, while the upper stage continued pushing the payload toward its deployment trajectory.
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s ambitious effort to deploy a constellation of more than 3,000 satellites designed to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband coverage to customers around the world, especially in rural and underserved regions. The October 13 launch represented one of the program’s most important deployment flights to date, adding significant capacity to the growing network already in orbit.
After stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage performed a series of precision burns and guided itself back toward the Atlantic, targeting a drone ship stationed downrange. The booster’s successful landing further highlighted SpaceX’s reusable rocket architecture, which continues to play a critical role in enabling frequent, cost-effective missions for commercial and government customers alike.
Roughly an hour after liftoff, the upper stage began releasing the Kuiper satellites in carefully timed sequences. Once free, each spacecraft initiated automated systems to stabilize itself, deploy solar arrays, and begin maneuvering into its assigned orbital slot within the constellation. Over the coming weeks, Amazon’s mission teams will conduct extensive checkouts before bringing the satellites into full operational service.
The October 13 Kuiper mission underscored the deepening partnership between SpaceX and Amazon as the two technology giants work together to shape the future of space-based communications. With more launches already scheduled, the Kuiper network is rapidly moving from concept to reality, promising to reshape how people connect to the internet from nearly anywhere on Earth.
As Falcon 9 once again proved its reliability and precision, the success of this mission brought Amazon one step closer to delivering on its vision of a globally connected planet—powered not by cables in the ground, but by satellites in the sky.
