Amazon To Buy Globalstar For $11.6B To Boost LEO Satellite System

Amazon Leo launch

Amazon deployed 32 satellites with the first Ariane 64 mission in April.

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Amazon has agreed to acquire Globalstar for around $11.6 billion, following rival SpaceX’s multibillion acquisition of EchoStar spectrum in the intensifying battle to offer low-Earth-orbit broadband services. Amazon said April 14 that the deal would support its goal of rolling out direct-to-device...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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