A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Leo 6 mission for Amazon lifted off on April 27 at 8:53:30 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This mission continues to build on ULA’s increase in commercial launch services, now accounting for 50 percent of the overall business.

Atlas V has delivered a total of 168 Amazon spacecraft into orbit through a total of seven successful flights — Protoflight and six launches for the Leo constellation.