What’s Happened to Amazon Leo, the Long Heralded Rival to Starlink?

Sick of slow internet? Amazon already has nearly 400 satellites above us – and its Leo satellite service could rival Starlink

You might associate Amazon with Alexa or its Prime Video streaming service, rather than rockets and satellites. It doesn’t matter what you think, though. Because it’s true. Amazon is – rather rapidly – building a new internet network in space. It’s called Amazon Leo, and it is, in essence, Amazon’s answer to Starlink – Elon Musk’s SpaceX-owned satellite internet service. Read more: Here’s everything wrong with Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ (and some…

What’s happened to Amazon Leo, the long heralded rival to Starlink?

Jeff Bezos has fired his wife into space, but he hasn’t yet managed to send up enough satellites to let Amazon Leo provide a long awaited rival to Starlink. What’s happened to Leo and is there any chance it’s going to start delivering satellite broadband anytime soon? Here, we cover the reasons for the delays, the company’s enterprise plans, its important acquisition of Globalstar earlier this year, and the potential involvement of the US Govern…

Amazon Leo's D2D plan set to run the regulatory gauntlet

The FCC has accepted Amazon Leo's application to build a D2D system comprised of 5,000-plus LEO satellites, setting up a three-part comment and reply period.