Overview
- The Atlas V launch, targeted for 8:52 p.m. EDT Monday, will carry 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites from Cape Canaveral.
- Forecasts call for 85% favorable weather during the window, and the rocket is set to fly on a north‑easterly path.
- ULA rolled the rocket to the pad Monday morning, reached harddown at 7:19 a.m., and split crews into two shifts to condense work normally done over two days.
- If successful, the LA‑06 mission will raise the Amazon Leo constellation to about 270 satellites and mark the program’s 10th launch.
- Amazon plans an initial network of more than 3,200 satellites to expand internet access worldwide, and ULA’s 23‑day pad turnaround signals a faster cadence to build it.