Amazon Leo Aims to Double Its Pace as It Gets Set to Roll Out Its Satellite Broadband Network

Amazon Leo aims to double its pace as it gets set to roll out its satellite broadband network

Chris Weber, vice president of business and product for Amazon Leo, sports a T-shirt bearing Amazon Leo’s logo in the project’s signature krypton shade of purple during countdown coverage for an April satellite launch. (Credit: United Launch Alliance) REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the righ…

Amazon Leo Accelerates Satellite Launches as Commercial Broadband Service Nears

Amazon has placed 304 satellites in orbit. That number arrived through 11 launches over the past year. Now the company plans to double its tempo. Chris Weber, vice president of consumer and enterprise business for Amazon Leo, delivered the message plainly. “The theme moving forward is acceleration,” he said. “We’ll double the number of launches, satellites, et cetera, so everything is about accelerating that.” The stakes sit high. Amazon trails …

Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network

REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut. During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Operations Center in Redmond, Weber sported running shoes in a shade of purple with the Leo brand emblazoned on the back. “It’s not purple, it’s krypton,” Weber, who came over …