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Amazon Leo plans to deploy its broadband constellation in 2026.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/26/2025Amazon Leo on how it’ll work with AWS, says 2026 deployments with ‘bigger, badder rockets’ to assure 2026 service start

Amazon Leo plans to launch over 150 satellites and aims to establish a satellite constellation with more than 3,200 satellites.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/14/2025アマゾン、「Project Kuiper」を「Amazon Leo」に名称変更–速度は1Gbps以上

Amazon has contracted 12 New Glenn launches for Project Kuiper, with the first launch scheduled for next year.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2025R to @GewoonLukas_: While the Falcon 9 launches may be over, Amazon still has a lot of launches coming up for Project Kuiper. They currently have contracted: - 5 Atlas V (next likely next year) - 38 Vulcan (first later this year) - 18 Ariane 6 (first early next year) - 12 New Glenn (first next year)

Amazon has contracted 38 Vulcan launches for Project Kuiper, with the first launch scheduled for later this year.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2025R to @GewoonLukas_: While the Falcon 9 launches may be over, Amazon still has a lot of launches coming up for Project Kuiper. They currently have contracted: - 5 Atlas V (next likely next year) - 38 Vulcan (first later this year) - 18 Ariane 6 (first early next year) - 12 New Glenn (first next year)

Amazon has contracted 18 Ariane 6 launches for Project Kuiper, with the first launch scheduled for early next year.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/14/2025R to @GewoonLukas_: While the Falcon 9 launches may be over, Amazon still has a lot of launches coming up for Project Kuiper. They currently have contracted: - 5 Atlas V (next likely next year) - 38 Vulcan (first later this year) - 18 Ariane 6 (first early next year) - 12 New Glenn (first next year)

ULA will deliver more than half of the Project Kuiper constellation's 3,200 satellites through the world's largest commercial launch agreement.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/25/2025United Launch Alliance launches Amazon’s Project Kuiper 3 mission sending 27 operational broadband satellites connecting the world

Ariane 6 has secured orders for 30 launches, including 18 for Amazon's Project Kuiper.

ORG RELATIONSHIP7/8/2024Coping with Starship

Amazon plans to launch over 3,000 satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband service, having launched two prototype satellites in October 2022.

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/28/2024Starlink’s disruption of the space industry

Two Project Kuiper prototype satellites launched in October have completed testing.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/28/2023Amazon’s Project Kuiper nets first broadband partnership in Asia

Project Kuiper plans to enter beta testing with select customers later in 2024.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/19/2023Amazon confirms 100% success rate for Project Kuiper Protoflight mission

Project Kuiper plans to deploy 3,200 broadband satellites to low Earth orbit at an altitude of around 600 km starting by the end of 2023.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/15/2023Project Kuiper urges regulators to focus on satellite maneuverability rules

Project Kuiper plans to launch beta broadband services from space in 2024.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/11/2023Project Kuiper: Moving from project to reality

Project Kuiper plans to deploy its first pair of prototype satellites in May 2023.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/11/2023Project Kuiper: Moving from project to reality

Project Kuiper has 77 launches planned with options for 15 additional New Glenn rockets to cover most of the constellation.

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/11/2023Project Kuiper: Moving from project to reality

Project Kuiper expects to launch its first production satellites in the first half of 2024.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/19/2023A 1st look at Project Kuiper’s customer terminals

Project Kuiper plans to launch 1,618 satellites by 2026 and to deploy a total of about 3,200 satellites.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/14/2022U.S. space internet companies fear competitive threat from China

Amazon announced the largest commercial launch contract in history for Project Kuiper on April 5, 2022, at the Space Foundation’s Annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.

NARRATIVE GENERAL4/7/2022Quilty Analytics’ Deep Dive Into Amazon’s Largest Commercial Contract For The Industry