SpaceX launched 24 satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, an effort to expand global broadband access by deploying 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit.
The launch on Monday marked SpaceX’s 100th mission of 2025.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 8:35 a.m. ET, marking its 97th orbital launch of the year. The mission succeeded on its third attempt following two weather-related delays over the weekend.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/IqF0EttKX2
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 11, 2025
According to SpaceX, about nine minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship pic.twitter.com/LPNoiUjzqc
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 11, 2025
The Kuiper Project confirmed the successful deployment in a post on X, announcing that all 24 satellites had reached low Earth orbit.
The launch is SpaceX’s second out of three planned missions for Amazon’s Kuiper project. It increased the number of satellites in the network to 102.
Falcon 9 launches the @ProjectKuiper KF-02 mission to orbit from Florida pic.twitter.com/XkB9wBPaxe
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 11, 2025
Amazon expects to begin limited Kuiper service later in 2025.
