Amazon's Project Kuiper is a satellite internet initiative by Amazon to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities globally. As a subsidiary of Amazon, Kuiper Systems LLC aims to deploy a constellation of over 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit. It will operate as an internet service provider, serving individual households, schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations. The project has secured launch agreements with multiple providers, including ULA, Arianespace, SpaceX and Blue Origin.
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Amazon's Project Kuiper facility in Kirkland, Washington is ramping up to produce tens of satellites per week.
SATBoost is engineered to accelerate and stabilize connections across SpaceX’s Starlink, Viasat, and Amazon’s upcoming Project Kuiper LEO network.
Amazon Leo received waivers covering Ku-, Ka-, and V-band frequencies.
Amazon Leo received conditional authorization on Feb. 10, 2026 to launch and operate an additional 4,504 satellites across its Gen2 and Polar constellations.
Amazon Leo’s Ku- and Ka-band operations are included in the third Ku-/Ka-band processing round.
Amazon Leo remains subject to the July 30, 2029 full-deployment deadline.
Amazon Leo will lose priority access to spectrum for satellites deployed after July 30, 2026 until March 30, 2028 or until it reaches the 50% deployment milestone.
Amazon Leo can shorten the priority-spectrum wait to October 30, 2027 if it proves that at least 50% of the satellites are built and a launch is secured.
Amazon Leo plans to begin serving customers in 2026.
The FCC declined Amazon Leo’s requested 24-month extension in June 2026 and granted a limited waiver of the July 30 half-constellation deadline.
Amazon Leo was required to launch half of its authorized first-generation satellites by July 30, 2026 and the remainder by July 30, 2029.
Amazon Leo uses a custom Prometheus baseband ASIC across its terminal, satellite, and ground infrastructure.
Amazon Leo planned to invest more than $10 billion in its constellation.
Amazon Leo committed to deploy all 3,232 satellites by the original July 30, 2029 deadline.
Amazon Leo must still meet a July 2029 full-deployment requirement for its constellation.
The FCC said Amazon Leo’s delayed deployment would still benefit the American public by providing an alternative broadband service to SpaceX’s Starlink and increasing competition.
Amazon Leo had launched 331 satellites, or about 10% of its planned constellation, at the time of the FCC waiver request.
Amazon Leo asked the FCC for an additional two years to meet the 50% deployment deadline or for a waiver of that midpoint deadline.
The FCC authorized Amazon Leo to launch 3,232 first-generation satellites in July 2020.
The FCC approved Amazon Leo’s waiver request and did not cap the company at its current number of satellites in orbit.