SpaceX has quietly taken a major step toward broadening Starlink’s retail reach in the U.S.: Starlink hardware is now being sold directly through Amazon. Starlink’s own support documentation has been updated to list Amazon as an authorized retailer across the U.S., giving customers a new way to pick up the company’s satellite dishes and related […]
Amazon is pulling back the curtain on Amazon Leo — its newly rebranded satellite internet service, formerly known as Project Kuiper — and giving select enterprise customers their first chance to test the system ahead of a wider launch next year. The company revealed production designs and specs for its lineup of customer terminals, including […]
Amazon has officially rebranded its Project Kuiper satellite internet initiative as Amazon Leo, marking a major milestone as the company prepares to launch its long-awaited Starlink competitor in early 2026. The new name is a direct nod to the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation powering the network, replacing the seven-year-old “Project Kuiper” codename originally […]
Amazon has officially rolled out its first electric delivery vans from Rivian in Canada, with 50 of the vehicles now operating in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. The launch marks a key milestone in Amazon’s effort to cut emissions from its delivery network and move toward its 2040 net-zero carbon goal. The electric vans are operating […]
Amazon is preparing to officially launch its long-awaited satellite internet service, Project Kuiper, with coverage slated for the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, and the U.K. by the end of the first quarter of 2026, according to one executive (via Bloomberg). At the World Space Business Week event in Paris on Monday, Ricky Freeman, Amazon’s President […]
Amazon’s satellite internet service, Project Kuiper, recently showed off gigabit-level download speeds in a new demo, highlighting its ambition to take on SpaceX’s Starlink (via PCMag). In a video shared by Project Kuiper head Rajeev Badyal on LinkedIn, the service hit 1,289 Mbps on Ookla’s Speedtest.net. The milestone was achieved using Kuiper’s enterprise-grade customer terminal, […]
On Monday, August 11, at 8:35 a.m. ET/5:35 a.m. PT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the KF-02 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, sending 24 more of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites into low Earth orbit. This launch, SpaceX’s second of three planned missions for Kuiper, […]
Amazon’s satellite internet project, Project Kuiper, hit a major milestone on Monday, April 28, with the successful launch of its KA-01 mission aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. The mission lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, deploying 27 satellites into low Earth orbit. Amazon confirmed that it has established contact with all […]
Amazon’s Project Kuiper, after successfully launching two prototype satellites in October 2023, has now confirmed the inclusion of laser links on every satellite in its constellation, forming a high-speed mesh network in space. This development follows extensive testing of the project’s end-to-end communications payload and network, including the recently disclosed optical inter-satellite link (OISL) capabilities. […]
Amazon has deployed more than 10,000 custom electric delivery vans across the United States as part of its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. The company co-founded The Climate Pledge in 2019 and subsequently partnered with Rivian to design and produce 100,000 electric delivery vehicles by 2030. Amazon began rolling out its electric […]
Amazon is set to launch its first two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, as part of its Project Kuiper initiative aimed at providing fast, affordable broadband from low Earth orbit (LEO). The launch marks Amazon’s entry into the burgeoning space broadband market, where it will try to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink network. The Protoflight mission […]
Amazon’s Project Kuiper is set to open a new satellite-processing facility, located at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center. Project Kuiper, seen as a potential rival to SpaceX’s Starlink, aims to deploy a low Earth orbit satellite network, to provide fast, affordable broadband to underserved communities worldwide. The Florida facility will […]
Amazon has unveiled three different satellite antennas for its satellite internet Project Kuiper, which is an attempt to rival SpaceX’s Starlink low-Earth orbit (LEO) internet (via CNBC). The “standard” dish measures about an inch thick, 11 inches square and it weighs less than 5 pounds. Amazon expects the dish to offer users speeds of “up […]
Startup electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian, and its majority stakeholder Amazon, may be looking to do away with the exclusive parts of its deal for electric last-mile delivery vans, according to people familiar with the subject, reports the Wall Street Journal. Amazon has a deal with Rivian for 100,000 of the electric vans that was […]
EVgo and Amazon announced a partnership in a press release on Thursday, set to help develop Alexa’s navigation capabilities to charging stations and integrate seamless payment options through the voice assistant. The system will use PlugShare to help customers find nearby charging stations, along with a comprehensive public electric vehicle (EV) charging map. The setup […]
