US EditionAmazon Leo nets anchor maritime resellers
The FCC authorized Amazon Leo to deploy 7,700 satellites, enhancing broadband with polar coverage and aiming for commercial service later this year, backed by $10 billion investment.
- The Federal Communications Commission approved deploying 4,500 additional low Earth orbit satellites for Amazon Leo, expanding the constellation to approximately 7,700 satellites.
- Amazon Leo aims to deliver high-speed, reliable internet to underserved and unconnected regions, integrating with Amazon Web Services to serve enterprise and cloud customers with lower latency than geostationary satellites.
- Second-Generation satellites will operate at altitudes up to about 400 miles, with more than 150 satellites already in orbit, and Arianespace will launch 32 second-generation satellites shortly.
- The expansion intensifies competition in satellite broadband, directly challenging SpaceX's Starlink with more than 9,000 satellites as Amazon moves toward commercial service later in the year.
- Regulators set milestones requiring half of the 4,500 satellites launched by February 10, 2032 and the rest by February 10, 2035; Amazon has committed $10 billion amid rocket launch capacity constraints.
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