Amazon’s Starlink competitor is almost ready | Infinium-tech
Amazon has been building its own low Earth orbit satellite constellation for some time now, even calling it Amazon LEO (low earth orbitTake it?). It is essentially going to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink, which is currently the largest satellite constellation.
Today, Chris Weber, Amazon’s vice president in charge of LEO, has just announced that more than 390 LEO satellites have already been deployed, which is apparently enough “to support continued service in early latitudes.”
He further added that the company has already completed “substantial launches for the initial service this year,” hinting strongly at the fact that Amazon plans to make Leo generally available as a service before the end of 2026.
If you’re interested in being one of the first to try Leo, you can do so Sign up for the waiting list here. Amazon will offer three different receivers for the Leo – the Nano (7″ by 7″) supporting up to 100Mbps downloads, the Pro supporting up to 400Mbps (11″ by 11″), and the Ultra supporting up to 1Gbps download speeds (it’s 20″ by 30″).
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