LV-01 at a glance
- Targeted launch date
- Nov 13, 2026 Planned checked
- Pending range approval; exact time to come
- Satellites planned on LV-01
- 40 satellites Planned checked
- Amazon's largest Leo payload yet
- Last Amazon Leo launch
- Jul 2, 2026 Confirmed checked
- LA-08; none since
- Then LE-04 on Ariane 6
- Nov 23, 2026 Planned checked
- No earlier than this day
What Amazon announced
Amazon's mission page, updated on Oct 28, 2026, puts LV-01 on a ULA Vulcan VC6L from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral, carrying 40 satellites. In Amazon's words:
“with liftoff targeted for Friday, November 13, 2026, pending range approval”
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Amazon says it will confirm the exact launch time closer to the mission. Some third-party launch schedules still showed an earlier date; they predate Amazon's update. LV-01 would be the first Amazon Leo launch since Jul 2, 2026, and the first on Vulcan, which was put on hold after a booster problem on a Space Force launch on Feb 12, 2026 Reported. When we last read ULA's mission list, on Nov 3, 2026, it showed no Vulcan flight since.
What isn't known yet
- The exact launch time. Amazon says it will confirm it closer to the mission.
- Range approval. Amazon's date is marked "pending range approval", so it isn't final.
- Whether the date holds. Launch dates often slip, and Vulcan had not flown again after its booster problem when we last checked (above).
- A US service date, price or coverage area. Amazon hasn't announced any of them; this launch doesn't change that.
When LV-01 flies, or its date moves, the tracker logs it with its source and date. Our Oct 25, 2026 post on the launch pause has the background, with a dated update.
The launch restart, dated
Status key: Confirmed: Stated by the company itself (its own pages, terms or filings), checked on the date shown.Planned: A plan or target the company or a filing describes; dates can move.
- expected
LE-04: Ariane 6 with 36 satellites, no earlier than 23 November
Arianespace and Amazon set the fourth Ariane 6 mission for Amazon Leo, with 36 satellites, for no earlier than 23 November 2026 from French Guiana. It would bring Arianespace's total for Amazon to 136.
Source: newsroom.arianespace.com · checked
- expected
LV-01: first Vulcan launch for Amazon Leo, targeted for 13 November
On 28 October 2026 Amazon set its first mission on ULA's Vulcan rocket, LV-01, for Friday 13 November 2026 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, pending range approval. It carries 40 satellites, Amazon's largest Leo payload so far.
Source: aboutamazon.com · checked
- launched
LA-08: last Atlas V launch for Amazon Leo
The ninth and final Atlas V bought for the program launched 29 satellites, bringing the total launched to 398 including the two prototypes. No Amazon Leo launch had happened since, as of 2026-11-03.
Source: aboutamazon.com · checked
- launched
LE-03: 36 satellites, the largest Amazon Leo batch so far
Ariane 64 with upgraded P160C boosters launched 36 satellites, Arianespace's 100th Amazon Leo satellite delivered across three flights.
Source: aboutamazon.com · checked
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- aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/project-kuiper-satell… (primary source) · checked
- newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-to-launch-36-amazon-leo-sa… (primary source) · checked
- planet4589.org/space/con/kp/stats.html (secondary report) · checked
- aboutamazon.com/news/amazon-leo/amazon-leo-uzbekistan (primary source) · checked
- leo.amazon.com (primary source) · checked