Amazon Plans to Deploy More than 5,000 Satellites for New Space-Based Telecom Platform
The filing would combine Amazon’s satellites and Globalstar spectrum to reach underserved users and support emergency operations while competing with SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile.
- On Friday, Amazon filed an official application with the Federal Communications Commission requesting approval to launch up to 5,105 satellites for direct-to-device connectivity to smartphones and other devices.
- Following an $11.6 billion deal to acquire Globalstar announced in April, Amazon aims to compete with SpaceX's Starlink Mobile in the emerging satellite-to-phone market.
- The Leo Direct-to Device System will use Globalstar's radio spectrum in the 1.6/2.4GHz bands and orbit between 510 km and 580 km, supporting devices with "satellite-capable chipsets built in."
- Amazon targets users who are "unserved or underserved" by existing wireless providers and will collaborate with Apple on future satellite services, with the Globalstar deal expected to close in 2027.
- SpaceX is preparing a 15,000-satellite constellation promising speeds up to 150 Mbps, while Amazon recently received an FCC waiver waiving deployment requirements for 1,600 first-generation satellites.
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Amazon Leo wants to offer direct telephony with a new constellation of 5,105 satellites.The Direct-to-Device satellite network proposed by Amazon would provide voice, messaging, data and emergency services in areas outside terrestrial cellular networks; its deployment would be scheduled for 2028. Amazon requests permission from the FCC to deploy satellite constellations and provide direct telephonyIt was revealed that Amazon Leo submitted a requ…
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Amazon plans to launch more than 5,000 satellites to provide global data and phone services, as competition heats up in the commercial space sector. The planned constellation would be a significant increase upon the Jeff Bezos-owned firm’s 390 satellites currently in orbit — a figure dwarfed by Elon Musk’s Starlink, which dominates satellite mobile communications with nearly 11,000 satellites. Musk also claims a virtual monopoly on launches thro…
Amazon asked the FCC to approve 5,105 satellites for a network that sends internet straight to your phone
Amazon has asked the FCC to approve the launch of up to 5,105 internet satellites for a direct-to-device network that would send connectivity straight to smartphones without requiring a cell tower. The Saturday filing described a constellation combining Amazon’s existing Kuiper infrastructure with assets from Globalstar, the satellite operator Amazon announced plans to acquire in […] This story continues at The Next Web
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