Leo Vulcan 1 (LV-01) update: Our first of 38 missions on United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s Vulcan rocket is targeting liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) on Friday, Nov. 13, pending range approval. 40 Leo satellites, our largest payload to date, are integrated with Vulcan inside Amazon's dedicated vertical integration facility (VIF-A). Exact mission timing will be shared closer to launch. Follow along with upcoming Leo missions: https://spr.ly/6043BHlygv
About us
Amazon Leo is a low Earth orbit satellite constellation designed to deliver fast, reliable internet beyond the reach of existing networks.
- Industry
- Satellite Telecommunications
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Type
- Public Company
Updates
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More Amazon Leo testing, with Leo Pro antennas installed for 1,000+ employees across multiple countries. Huge thanks to the team members volunteering their rooftops to help us test and improve. Learning a lot from each one.
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Leo Vulcan 1 (LV-01) payload on the move. LV-01 is the first of 38 Leo missions on United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s heavy-lift Vulcan rocket, and last week, teams successfully transported the 40-satellite payload—encapsulated inside a 70-foot-tall fairing—to the new Amazon Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-A) at Cape Canaveral.
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When your team puts the real numbers on paper. Appreciate Clive Nethersole and Richard Westby-Nunn for this one. If WAN resilience is on your roadmap, this is a solid starting point.
I've spent a lot of time in conversations where enterprise backup comes up and everyone in the room already knows the answer is "not great, but its what we have." That's the part that's changing. Richard Westby-Nunn and I wrote a paper on LEO for enterprise WAN resilience and what the architecture actually looks like, where it integrates, and where it doesn't. No hype, just the numbers and the trade-offs. Worth a read if WAN resilience is on your radar. Download -> https://lnkd.in/epmWeTzg #AmazonLeo #MakingHistory
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Leo Europe 4 (LE-04) Our fourth mission with ARIANESPACE is set for no earlier than (NET) November 23 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou. All 36 satellites have arrived in French Guiana, and Leo teams successfully stacked them on their dispenser ahead of launch. The launch window will be shared closer to the mission. Read more: https://spr.ly/6048BHGhMa
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With 1000+ satellites built and more coming off the line each day, Amazon Leo now operates one of the largest, most advanced satellite production lines on the planet. From two prototypes to a full-rate production line, every Leo satellite is designed, built, and tested at our factory in Kirkland, WA. Getting here meant standing up a satellite factory from scratch, compressing test cycles that traditionally take months into days, and learning from every piece of hardware we broke along the way. The result: 1,000+ satellites built. Close to 400 in orbit. The rest tested, staged, and ready to launch on as little as three weeks' notice. At Cape Canaveral and in French Guiana, satellites are already stacked on their dispensers for our first Vulcan launches with United Launch Alliance (ULA) and our next mission with ARIANESPACE. Here's an inside look: https://lnkd.in/eKUh_ak9
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We’re partnering with Uztelecom, the leading telecommunications operator in Uzbekistan, to bring satellite connectivity to remote and hard-to-reach communities across the country. UZ-SAT will serve as an authorized distributor of Amazon Leo, complementing Uztelecom's extensive terrestrial network and helping close the digital divide for millions of people. More: https://spr.ly/6040BGdh2y
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Live from virtually anywhere. Straight to the cloud. At IBC - International Broadcasting Convention, Amazon Leo joined AWS to show how high-speed, low-latency satellite connectivity can help broadcasters move live footage from the field to the cloud in near real time — enabling remote production, faster collaboration, and new ways to reach audiences. Across customer meetings and our executive roundtable on the future of connectivity, one theme came through clearly: the opportunity goes beyond coverage. It’s about fitting into the workflows broadcasters already trust, changing the economics of live production, and giving customers greater control over how their content moves.
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We've secured six more Ariane 6 launches with ARIANESPACE, bringing the total number of Leo Europe missions to 24—enough to send 800+ Leo satellites into orbit. Read more: https://spr.ly/6048BGz9C6
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Nadine started at an Amazon delivery station in 2018. Eight years later, she stood at Cape Canaveral at sunset, watching a rocket carry satellites she helped build into low Earth orbit. Jessica started at a fulfillment center in Colorado. Today she works in our space simulation lab, testing satellite components against vacuum, extreme heat, cold, and vibration. Once they're up there, everything has to be perfect. Both earned aerospace manufacturing certifications through Amazon's Career Choice program, a prepaid tuition benefit that covers the cost of education for eligible employees. Their six-month program at Lake Washington Institute of Technology was fully funded by Amazon. Both were hired onto the Leo team before or shortly after graduating. Earlier this year, they joined teams in Cape Canaveral to watch Leo Atlas 7 (LA-07) lift off aboard an Atlas V rocket. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to build satellites. The space industry's biggest gap is in skilled technical roles, and Career Choice is helping make those careers accessible. Read more: https://spr.ly/6048B17OvO