Overview
- The Atlas V AV-113 rocket is on pad SLC-41 and is scheduled to liftoff Friday at 7:33:30 p.m. EDT to place 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.
- Launch teams say the vehicle and payload are healthy and initial checks of pad systems at Cape Canaveral found operations nominal.
- The 45th Weather Squadron forecast low odds of acceptable conditions, placing the launch at roughly a 30 percent probability of meeting weather rules during the window.
- Amazon confirmed its satellites at Kennedy Space Center were not harmed after the New Glenn rocket explosion damaged Blue Origin’s pad and ULA noted the incident did not compromise its launch infrastructure.
- The mission comes under program pressure because the FCC requires half of Amazon’s first‑generation constellation operational by the end of July 2026, Amazon has about 300 satellites in orbit and its request for more time is under review while ULA’s newer Vulcan rocket remains grounded.