Amazon is targeting the initial Amazon Leo service in 2026.
Amazon has rebranded its Project Kuiper satellite internet constellation to “Amazon Leo,” signaling that it is moving the program from research and development and initial deployment toward commercial operations.
Amazon Leo, a pun on the low-Earth-orbit (LEO) region of space where the broadband satellites fly, has yet to start service. On Nov. 13, Amazon launched a registration webpage for consumers interested in updates in the forthcoming broadband internet service, but has yet to launch service sign-up for residential users. The e-commerce and cloud computing giant is signing up corporate customers, including JetBlue, L3Harris, DirecTV Latin America, Sky Brasil and NBN Co., a broadband network run by the Australian government.
Project Kuiper was a code name for Amazon’s program when it launched seven years ago, but Amazon Leo is the permanent name, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy noted Nov. 13 in a LinkedIn post. “[The] team’s made lots of progress (150+ satellites up, [greater than] 1 Gbps speeds, customers signing on) and [I] am excited for the difference Leo will make for the [about] 500 million households and millions of enterprises, orgs and governments who need it,” he wrote.
Ultimately, Amazon plans to operate more than 3,200 satellites on LEO for its internet service. In August, Amazon said it had signed an agreement with NBN Co. to deliver “wholesale fixed broadband to customers in parts of regional, rural and remote Australia.” The company said it aimed to launch the service in the middle of 2026.
On Nov. 13, Amazon also added as a client Connected Farms, an Australian company that provides cellular and satellite connectivity to farming machinery and sensors. Connected Farms will start piloting the Amazon Leo service in 2026 in locations across the U.K. and North America, Amazon says.
Amazon Leo is targeting residential, business and government customers. The company is advertising three flat-panel antennas for the service with bandwidths of 100 Mbps, 400 Mbps and 1 Gbps.
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