Amazon LEO
Coverage: Global
Orbit/Frequency: LEO
Amazon LEO
Coverage: Global
Orbit/Frequency: LEO
Key statistics:
Nano:
Up to 100Mbps download
Pro:
Up to 400Mbps download
Ultra:
Up to 1Gbps download, 400Mbps upload
BACK IN the 1990s, staff at hedge fund DE Shaw talked about backing an online retailer called “The Everything Store”. One of them, named Jeff Bezos, went on to launch an online bookseller called Amazon that has gone on to become an Everything Store. But the company has gone even further. In 2002, when the web was just taking off, it started offering something called cloud computing to developers. Amazon Web Services is now the market leader. After that, creating its own low Earth orbit satellite network – Amazon Leo (formerly Amazon Project Kuiper) – is a logical next step.
Amazon has announced it will operate Nano, Pro and Ultra antenna systems, ranging from download speeds of up to 100Mbps to 1Gbps. It claims its Ultra phased-array antenna is the fastest commercial antenna in production with 400Mbps upload speeds.
JetBlue was announced as Amazon’s launch customer in 2025 and hopes to start using Amazon Leo in 2027. Delta Air Lines said it will start installing Amazon Leo on the first of 500 aircraft in 2028.
“Delta’s future is global,” said Ed Bastian, Delta’s CEO. “This agreement gives us the fastest and most cost-effective technology available to better connect the world today, and it deepens our work with a global leader that shares our ambition to build what’s next – creating even stronger human connection for our people and our customers for years to come.”
Delta is already a key Amazon Web Services customer. It says it will integrate AWS, Amazon Leo, other Amazon technologies and AI to enhance the experience of customers. Amazon says that one of the advantages it offers is that its satellites will be able to connect to more than 300 AWS ground stations.
It has been quieter about its business aviation plans. But it does have experienced bizav executives and is seeing strong interest from customers. “We have met them and are seriously looking at Amazon,” says one European charter operator. “The technology looks great and we see it as less political than Starlink.”
Amazon Leo completed its 14th mission in July 2026 bringing its constellation up to 375 satellites (the third largest). It has already booked its next 100 launches allowing it to keep growing fast.
BACK IN the 1990s, staff at hedge fund DE Shaw talked about backing an online retailer called “The Everything Store”. One of them, named Jeff Bezos, went on to launch an online bookseller called Amazon that has gone on to become an Everything Store. But the company has gone even further. In 2002, when the web was just taking off, it started offering something called cloud computing to developers. Amazon Web Services is now the market leader. After that, creating its own low Earth orbit satellite network – Amazon Leo (formerly Amazon Project Kuiper) – is a logical next step.
Amazon has announced it will operate Nano, Pro and Ultra antenna systems, ranging from download speeds of up to 100Mbps to 1Gbps. It claims its Ultra phased-array antenna is the fastest commercial antenna in production with 400Mbps upload speeds.
JetBlue was announced as Amazon’s launch customer in 2025 and hopes to start using Amazon Leo in 2027. Delta Air Lines said it will start installing Amazon Leo on the first of 500 aircraft in 2028.
“Delta’s future is global,” said Ed Bastian, Delta’s CEO. “This agreement gives us the fastest and most cost-effective technology available to better connect the world today, and it deepens our work with a global leader that shares our ambition to build what’s next – creating even stronger human connection for our people and our customers for years to come.”
Delta is already a key Amazon Web Services customer. It says it will integrate AWS, Amazon Leo, other Amazon technologies and AI to enhance the experience of customers. Amazon says that one of the advantages it offers is that its satellites will be able to connect to more than 300 AWS ground stations.
It has been quieter about its business aviation plans. But it does have experienced bizav executives and is seeing strong interest from customers. “We have met them and are seriously looking at Amazon,” says one European charter operator. “The technology looks great and we see it as less political than Starlink.”
Amazon Leo completed its 14th mission in July 2026 bringing its constellation up to 375 satellites (the third largest). It has already booked its next 100 launches allowing it to keep growing fast.
