# Foxconn's second-generation Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites were launched via SpaceX’s Falcon rocket from California.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-03 · Firstpost*

## Key points

- Foxconn’s PEARL-1A and PEARL-1B satellites were launched via SpaceX’s Falcon rocket from California.
- These Foxconn satellites aim to verify new payload technologies in communication and space science.
- Project Kuiper has surpassed 300 satellites after double launches on different continents in one week.
- Arianespace’s LE-02 mission deployed 32 satellites using an Ariane 6 rocket from French Guiana on April 30.

**Companies:** SpaceX, Amazon, Foxconn, Arianespace
**Countries:** United States, France

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