Everything you need to know about Amazon Leo, Amazon’s satellite broadband network

There are billions of people on the planet who lack high-speed internet access, and millions of businesses, governments, and other organisations operating in places without reliable connectivity. Poor connectivity means limited access to modern communications, education, health services, and other important resources, which can create an economic disadvantage for people, businesses, and other organisations operating in unserved and underserved parts of the world. We started Amazon Leo to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities beyond the reach of existing networks, and we plan to deploy service to most countries around the globe, including hard to reach locations.

Amazon Leo is a nod to the low Earth orbit satellite constellation that powers our network. We started work under the code name “Project Kuiper,” but retired that name on November 13, 2025, and adopted Amazon Leo as our permanent identity.

You don’t have to travel far from major cities to lose internet connectivity—it can happen within a 60-minute drive from Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle. Cost, complexity, and geography can make it difficult to install traditional, ground-based fibre and wireless connectivity solutions in these areas. Satellite broadband can fill many of those coverage gaps, but developing and deploying satellite technology requires significant innovation and investment. Amazon has the people and resources required to deploy and operate global satellite broadband services, and we feel a responsibility to use our success and scale to help bridge the digital divide.

No. Amazon Leo is an Amazon business, part of the same Devices and Services division responsible for Kindle, Echo, Fire TV, eero, Ring, and other tech devices. Blue Origin is a separate company founded by Jeff Bezos.

Amazon Leo is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, where we conduct primary research and development. Our satellite production facility in Kirkland, Washington, gives us manufacturing capacity to build up to five satellites per day. Additionally, our satellite processing facility at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, is where we prepare and integrate our satellites with rockets from Blue Origin, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance ahead of launches.

Amazon Leo has three main parts: ground infrastructure, satellites, and customer terminals. Amazon’s ground infrastructure includes gateway antennas that securely send and receive customer data to and from satellites, along with telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C) antennas that keep the satellites properly operating. Global networking connects those gateway antennas to the internet, public cloud, or private networks.

Our satellites make up the second part of the project. They operate in low Earth orbit and relay data traffic to and from our gateway antennas and customers. Lastly, customer terminals are the technology that Amazon Leo customers use to receive internet service. These antennas—Leo Nano, Leo Pro, and Leo Ultra—combine antennas and processors into a single, compact system to deliver connectivity.

Amazon Leo’s initial satellite constellation design includes more than 3,000 satellites. The term “constellation” refers to a group of similar satellites working together with tightly coordinated movements to achieve a common purpose—in this case, providing reliable broadband coverage.

Low Earth orbit is an area of space that extends up to 2,000 kilometres (about 1,243 miles) above Earth. Amazon Leo satellites will orbit between 590 and 630 kilometres (about 367 and 392 miles).

Satellites deliver internet access by sending data to and from a user on the ground as they fly overhead. This makes it possible to connect even in remote locations where traditional communications technologies don’t reach. Low Earth orbit satellite networks like Amazon Leo offer very broad coverage with even lower latency than traditional satellite internet because the satellites fly closer to Earth. That proximity makes Amazon Leo effective for uses like video calls, gaming, and high-definition streaming.

We work with commercial launch providers to send Amazon Leo satellites into space. We've secured more than 80 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA to deploy our initial satellite constellation. Together, these agreements represent the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history.

Space safety and sustainability are core tenets of Amazon Leo and have been from the beginning. Those tenets have influenced everything from the overall architecture of our satellite system to the design of the satellites themselves and the way we engage external stakeholders like scientists and other space operators.

Amazon Leo technology provides fast, reliable connectivity to address diverse needs, and we’re developing multiple antennas to give customers choice and flexibility: Leo Nano, a 7x7” model that delivers speeds up to 100 Mbps; Leo Pro, an 11x11” model that delivers downlink speeds up to 400 Mbps; and Leo Ultra, an enterprise-grade antenna that delivers up to 1 gigabit per second (Gbps).

We expect to introduce Amazon Leo service to select enterprise customers by the end of 2025, and will roll out service more widely in 2026 as we launch more satellites and add coverage and capacity to the network.

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