Constellation

SpaceX successfully launches a new batch of Starlink satellites (Starlink 17‑17) from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 26, 2026, expanding broadband coverage and testing upgraded user‑link hardware.

Arianespace launched the Ariane 64 for the first time on February 12, 2026 (VA267 / LE-01), deploying 32 Amazon Leo satellites from Kourou, French Guiana. The four P120C booster configuration carried ~20 metric tons — the heaviest payload ever lifted by a European launch vehicle and double the Ariane 62's LEO capacity. The mission is the first of 18 contracted Ariane 6 launches for Amazon Leo (the largest Arianespace commercial contract ever). Total Amazon Leo constellation: 212 satellites after this flight. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher: "Europe's fleet of rockets is now complete." Amazon Leo VP Rajeev Badyal: "Three new heavy-lift rockets joining our manifest this year."