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title: United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First Mission in Partnership with Amazon
description: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT.
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## [United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches First Mission in Partnership with Amazon](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-first-mission-in-partnership-with-amazon)

 October 7, 2023

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 A ULA Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper lifts off on October 6. Photo by United Launch Alliance

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on Oct. 6 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date, ULA has launched 158 times with 100 percent mission success. The Protoflight launch is the first mission in a broader commercial partnership between ULA and Amazon to launch the majority of the Project Kuiper constellation.    

[Atlas V Project Kuiper Protoflight Launch Blog](https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/archived-launched/atlas-v-project-kuiper-protoflight)

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