A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched the Kuiper Falcon 3 (KF-03) mission, 24 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on 14 October 2025, at
01:58 UTC (13 October, at 21:58 EDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1091) landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, having previously supported the KF-02 mission. This was the third Falcon 9 launch for Amazon’s Project Kuiper and the sixth batch of Kuiper satellites placed into orbit.