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Amazon has the LA-05 mission scheduled for March 29, 2026 at 07:53 UTC.
Amazon is targeting more than 20 missions in its second year of deployment.
MTN’s StarEdge Horizon connectivity service is available for purchase on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace.
StarEdge on AWS Marketplace features centralized internet access under one security policy.
StarEdge on AWS Marketplace provides true static IP addressing and subnet allocation.
MTN made StarEdge Horizon immediately available on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace on March 11, 2026.
Amazon filed a petition to deny SpaceX’s FCC application on March 6.
Amazon signed a contract with SpaceX in late 2023 to launch three Falcon 9 missions.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper was rebranded as Amazon Leo as of March 9, 2026.
The Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund sued Amazon over its original exclusion of SpaceX from launch bids.
Amazon originally booked 77 launches with United Launch Alliance (Vulcan), Arianespace (Ariane 6), and Blue Origin (New Glenn).
Amazon’s FCC license requires half of its 3,236-satellite constellation to be in orbit by July 2026.
Two of the three contracted Falcon 9 missions for Amazon flew in July and August 2025, and the third completed in October 2025.
In the transition period, ULA reported a backlog of more than 80 missions, including Space Force missions and dozens of Vulcan launches booked for Amazon’s LEO broadband constellation.
The VELOCE deployment targets resilient, high-speed mobile connectivity for operations in Brazil’s remote regions, including the Amazon basin where terrestrial infrastructure is non-existent.
The Amazon experiences cloud cover for about 66% of the year on average.
ICEYE’s deforestation monitoring tool currently covers the Amazon Basin and will expand to include the Congo Basin and the Southeast Asian Archipelago Rainforest.
ICEYE’s deforestation monitoring tool addresses monitoring blind spots caused by persistent cloud cover in tropical regions such as the Amazon and Congo Basins.
Amazon Leo expanded its launch manifest to include 10 additional SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and 12 Blue Origin New Glenn missions to mitigate previous launch delays.
Amazon is positioning itself as a cloud-native LEO provider competing with Starlink’s enterprise ambitions and pressuring GEO operators to accelerate multi-orbit strategies.