Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully launched the first five satellites of Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation on April 24, 2026, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The BlueBird 1-5 mission marked a significant milestone for Amazon's effort to deploy a global internet coverage network. The five satellites were successfully inserted into a 590-kilometer orbit, where they will join thousands of additional spacecraft planned for the constellation to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband service worldwide.

New Glenn, Blue Origin's heavy-lift launch vehicle, carried the mission to orbit as part of a multi-mission commercial agreement between Amazon and Blue Origin. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, one of the United States' primary launch facilities, leveraging existing infrastructure for this inaugural operational flight of the vehicle with a commercial payload.

While the satellite deployment achieved primary mission objectives, the booster experienced a propellant anomaly during its descent burn, resulting in the loss of the first-stage vehicle. Despite this setback, the successful deployment of the Kuiper satellites underscored the effectiveness of the launch vehicle's upper stage and payload integration, advancing Amazon's long-term plans to expand global internet connectivity through its constellation program.