GeekWire

APRIL 11, 2024

The plan calls for sending 3,232 satellites (down slightly from the originally planned 3,236) into low Earth orbit by 2029. Under the terms of the Federal Communications Commission’s license, half of that total would have to be deployed by mid-2026. Amazon is investing more than $10 billion to get Kuiper off the ground.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Amazon will need 3,236 satellites to fill out the full constellation in low Earth orbit, and under the terms of its license from the Federal Communications Commission, half of those satellites will have to be in orbit by mid-2026. The rest would have to be launched by 2029.

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JULY 30, 2020

Under the terms of the FCC’s order, Amazon will have to launch half of its satellites by mid-2026, and the rest of them by mid-2029. The details will have to be cleared with the FCC as well as the International Telecommunication Union once they’re available. Amazon revealed its plans for Project Kuiper just last year.

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