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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Watch atlas v rocket launch its heaviest ever payload early on april 4 - Caught on Camera

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches 29 Amazon Leo satellites from Florida on April 4, 2026.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launched its heaviest-ever payload on Saturday morning (April 4).

The Atlas V lifted off Saturday at 1:46 a.m. EDT (0546 GMT) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying 29 satellites for the Amazon Leo broadband constellation to orbit. Together, those spacecraft weigh 18 tons, according to ULA.

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