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Amazon Leo is Amazon's satellite internet constellation in low Earth orbit, known as Project Kuiper until Amazon renamed it on 13 November 2025. Its satellites still carry the Kuiper name in the catalogue, as KUIPER followed by a number, and azmth shows every one in CelesTrak's active catalogue live on a 3D globe. Positions come from CelesTrak orbital data refreshed every 2 hours and are computed in your browser.

Also called Project Kuiper, KUIPER, Kuiper first-generation satellite system (Gen1)

Amazon Leo is the name Amazon gave Project Kuiper, its satellite internet constellation in low Earth orbit, on 13 November 2025; as of 14 September 2026 Amazon had launched 396 production satellites, none since 2 July 2026, and had not started commercial service.

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Amazon Leo is the new name, since 13 November 2025, of Project Kuiper, Amazon's satellite internet constellation in low Earth orbit. Amazon launched 396 production satellites on 14 missions between 28 April 2025 and 2 July 2026, and CelesTrak's active catalogue lists 391 of its satellites, still named KUIPER. The FCC requires 3,232 first-generation satellites by 30 July 2029, and on 5 June 2026 it granted a limited, conditional waiver of the interim deadline of 30 July 2026, when 1,616 were due. As of 14 September 2026 there was no commercial service, and Amazon said it was preparing an initial rollout in 2026.

391

in CelesTrak's active catalogue now

as of 27 October 2026

396

production satellites launched by Amazon on 14 missions, 28 April 2025 to 2 July 2026

as of 14 September 2026 · source

3,232

first-generation satellites the FCC requires Amazon to deploy by 30 July 2029

as of 5 June 2026 · source

What Amazon Leo is

Amazon Leo is Amazon's satellite internet constellation in low Earth orbit, developed under the code name Project Kuiper until Amazon renamed it on 13 November 2025. Amazon says the old name was inspired by the Kuiper Belt and the new one is a nod to low Earth orbit (LEO). The network belongs to Amazon's Devices and Services division, the part of the company responsible for Kindle and Echo, and Amazon says it is not part of Blue Origin, a separate company founded by Jeff Bezos. Its US licence is held by Kuiper Systems LLC, a wholly owned Amazon subsidiary. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorised 3,232 first-generation satellites in shells at 590, 610 and 630 km, and as of 14 September 2026 every production satellite in CelesTrak's active catalogue was inclined about 51.9 degrees, the inclination of the 630 km shell.

Amazon Leo began with two prototypes, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, launched from Cape Canaveral on 6 October 2023 in what Amazon called its Protoflight mission. Amazon reported that they met all their key mission objectives within 30 days, and in May 2024 it announced that it would actively deorbit them; CelesTrak records their re-entries on 29 September 2024 and 29 April 2025. Production launches began on 28 April 2025, when a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 carried 27 satellites from Cape Canaveral, and Amazon's mission log lists 14 production missions up to 2 July 2026, carrying 396 satellites in all: eight on Atlas V (224 satellites, according to ULA), three on SpaceX's Falcon 9 (24 each) and three on Arianespace's Ariane 64 from Kourou, French Guiana (32, 32 and 36). Six of those missions, carrying 153 satellites, launched before the rename. Mission codes changed with the name: the KA (Kuiper Atlas) and KF (Kuiper Falcon) flights of 2025 were followed from December 2025 by LA (Leo Atlas) and from February 2026 by LE (Leo Europe, for Ariane 6), and the Vulcan missions will be LV (Leo Vulcan).

As of 14 September 2026, no Amazon Leo launch had taken place since LA-08 on 2 July 2026, which Spaceflight Now reported as the programme's last Atlas V flight because the six remaining Atlas V rockets are reserved for Boeing's Starliner. ULA's Vulcan rocket, which Amazon has booked for 38 launches, had not flown since a solid rocket booster had a nozzle problem on the USSF-87 mission on 12 February 2026; in May 2026 ULA's Gary Wentz said Vulcan would return to flight by the end of 2026, more than likely with Amazon as the customer. Blue Origin's New Glenn exploded during a static-fire test at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 36 on 28 May 2026 while being prepared for the first of 24 New Glenn launches for Amazon Leo; Amazon said the 48 satellites for that mission had not been integrated, and Spaceflight Now reported in August 2026 that Blue Origin had traced the explosion to the main oxygen valve on one BE-4 engine and aimed to fly New Glenn again before the end of 2026. Amazon said in March 2026 that initial Vulcan missions would carry 40 satellites and initial New Glenn missions 48, while the launch listing site RocketLaunch.Live gives 45 for the first Vulcan mission, LV-01, with no firm date. Amazon Leo and Arianespace announced an order for six more Ariane 6 launches on 9 September 2026 at France's International Space Summit in Paris, taking Amazon's Ariane 6 contract from 18 launches to 24, and Amazon said the next day that it had more than 100 launches secured.

Amazon Leo's first-generation licence dates from 30 July 2020, when the FCC authorised Kuiper Systems LLC to launch and operate 3,236 satellites at 590, 610 and 630 km; an FCC order of 8 March 2024 (DA 24-224) reduced the number to 3,232 and barred Amazon from deploying satellites directly to their operating altitudes. The licence required half the constellation, 1,616 satellites, by 30 July 2026 and all 3,232 by 30 July 2029. On 30 January 2026 Amazon asked the FCC for a 24-month extension of the first deadline or a waiver, reporting 180 satellites in orbit and forecasting about 700 by 30 July 2026. On 5 June 2026 the FCC granted a limited, conditional waiver instead (order DA 26-553): first-generation satellites not deployed and operating by 30 July 2026 lose their processing-round priority for 20 months or until half the constellation is deployed, if sooner, and for 15 months if Amazon certifies that it has built half the satellites and bought their launches. The FCC kept the 2029 deadline and declined to waive Amazon's surety bond, which it said Amazon would forfeit if it missed the 30 July 2026 milestone. By that date Amazon had launched 396 production satellites, about a quarter of the 1,616 required.

Amazon Leo's plans beyond the first generation rest on an FCC grant of 10 February 2026, which authorised a second-generation system of 3,212 satellites and a polar system of 1,292, each due half deployed by 10 February 2032 and complete by 10 February 2035, and added V-band frequencies to the first generation. On 13 April 2026 Amazon signed an agreement to buy the satellite operator Globalstar, announced the next day, for $90.00 in cash or 0.3210 Amazon shares (capped at $90) per Globalstar share; the purchase is expected to close in 2027, subject to regulatory approvals and Globalstar meeting certain milestones for its HIBLEO-4 satellites, and Apple agreed that Amazon Leo will power satellite features on supported iPhone and Apple Watch models. On 24 July 2026 Kuiper Systems LLC applied to the FCC for up to 5,105 direct-to-device satellites in five shells between 510 and 580 km, which would use Globalstar's spectrum once the purchase closes, and Amazon says deployment would begin in 2028.

Amazon Leo satellites are built at a 172,000-square-foot factory in Kirkland, Washington, which opened in April 2024, and Amazon's core research and development facility for the programme is in nearby Redmond. Amazon said in March 2026 that Kirkland could build up to 30 satellites a week but that production targets had been adjusted to launch vehicle availability, and that by mid-March more than 200 satellites were stacked in six payloads at its satellite processing facility in Florida, which it has built at Kennedy Space Center. Amazon and the US National Science Foundation signed a coordination agreement on 26 June 2025 covering reduced satellite brightness, orbits at 700 km or lower and protection of radio astronomy. A brightness study by Mallama and colleagues, posted on arXiv on 12 January 2026 after review by two referees assigned by the International Astronomical Union's Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky, found that 92% of observations of operational satellites were brighter than the limit the IAU recommends for research; Amazon said it applies a custom dielectric film and non-reflective coating to all its operational spacecraft and expects results to improve as more satellites reach their assigned altitudes. Amazon said in May 2024 that it plans to deorbit every satellite within one year of the end of its mission.

How to find them on the globe

CelesTrak lists every Amazon Leo satellite as KUIPER followed by a five-digit serial number, for example KUIPER-00008, and the rename of 13 November 2025 did not change these names, so satellites launched after it are still KUIPER and no object is called Amazon Leo. The serial numbers have gaps, the two 2023 prototypes were KUIPER-P1 and KUIPER-P2 (both have re-entered), and the active catalogue behind the globe leaves out KUIPER-00158, which CelesTrak's satellite catalogue flagged as non-operational on 14 September 2026.

Coverage and service

As of 14 September 2026, Amazon Leo had no commercial internet service: Via Satellite reported on 8 September 2026 that it had not entered service, and on 10 September Amazon said it was preparing an initial service rollout in 2026, without giving a date, countries or prices. On 15 July 2026 Amazon said its more than 390 satellites were enough to start initial service in 2026 across certain latitudes, which it did not name. Earlier targets passed without service starting: in September 2025 Ricky Freeman, president of Kuiper Government Solutions, said service would reach the US, Canada, the UK, Germany and France by the end of the first quarter of 2026; NBN Co said in August 2025 that Amazon planned Australian service from mid-2026; and Andy Jassy's shareholder letter of April 2026 said Amazon Leo was scheduled to launch in mid-2026. Amazon began an enterprise preview on 24 November 2025, shipping Leo Pro and Leo Ultra terminals to select companies including JetBlue, Vanu, Hunt Energy Network, Connected Farms and Crane Worldwide Logistics, and describes private connections into Amazon Web Services among its enterprise features. Amazon lists three terminals: Leo Nano (7 x 7 in, downloads up to 100 Mbps), Leo Pro (11 x 11 in, downloads up to 400 Mbps) and the enterprise Leo Ultra (up to 1 Gbps down and 400 Mbps up), plus an aviation antenna announced on 13 April 2026. In Amazon's 2023 Project Kuiper line-up the 'pro' name belonged to the largest terminal, 19 x 30 in and up to 1 Gbps, and Amazon has not said which Leo model replaced which. Companies that have announced agreements to sell or use the service include NBN Co in Australia (for more than 300,000 premises), DIRECTV Latin America and SKY Brasil (businesses in nine South American countries), AT&T and Verizon in the United States, Vodafone and Vodacom (remote mobile masts in Europe and Africa, the first expected in 2026), SKY Perfect JSAT in Japan, Vanu in rural southern Africa, Herotel in South Africa (a home service called evry, expected in 2027), and the airlines JetBlue (from 2027) and Delta (from 2028).

What we know

Operator: Amazon, part of its Devices and Services division as of 13 November 2025 · aboutamazon.com
FCC licensee: Kuiper Systems LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com Services LLC as of 24 July 2026 · cdn.geekwire.com
Renamed: Project Kuiper became Amazon Leo on 13 November 2025 as of 13 November 2025 · aboutamazon.com
First-generation authorisation: As of 10 February 2026, 3,232 satellites in shells at 590 km (inclined 30 and 33 degrees), 610 km (42 degrees) and 630 km (51.9 degrees) as of 10 February 2026 · cdn.geekwire.com
FCC deployment deadlines: 1,616 satellites by 30 July 2026, conditionally waived on 5 June 2026, and all 3,232 by 30 July 2029 as of 5 June 2026 · docs.fcc.gov
Production satellites launched: 396 on 14 missions from 28 April 2025 to 2 July 2026: 224 on eight Atlas V launches, 72 on three Falcon 9 launches and 100 on three Ariane 64 launches as of 14 September 2026 · aboutamazon.com
In orbit (CelesTrak catalogue): As of 14 September 2026, 392 of 398 KUIPER records, the two prototypes and four production satellites having re-entered; 390 flagged operational, 1 partially operational and 1 non-operational as of 14 September 2026 · celestrak.org
In the operational orbit: As of 10 September 2026, 320 of 392 in orbit, with 43 ascending, 13 drifting, 15 in reserve or relocating and 1 being disposed of (Jonathan McDowell) as of 10 September 2026 · planet4589.org
Orbit in use: Every production satellite in CelesTrak's active catalogue inclined about 51.9 degrees, matching the 630 km shell; none in the 590 or 610 km shells as of 14 September 2026 · celestrak.org
Launches contracted: More than 100, according to Amazon, including 24 on Ariane 6 after an order announced in September 2026 as of 10 September 2026 · aboutamazon.com
Other FCC authorisations: Second-generation system of 3,212 satellites and polar system of 1,292, both granted by the FCC on 10 February 2026 as of 10 February 2026 · docs.fcc.gov
FCC application (direct-to-device): Up to 5,105 direct-to-device satellites using Globalstar spectrum, filed on 24 July 2026 as of 24 July 2026 · cdn.geekwire.com
Commercial service: Not started; Amazon says it is preparing an initial rollout in 2026 as of 10 September 2026 · aboutamazon.com
Terminals: Leo Nano (up to 100 Mbps down), Leo Pro (up to 400 Mbps down) and Leo Ultra (up to 1 Gbps down, 400 Mbps up), as described by Amazon as of 14 September 2026 · leo.amazon.com
Satellite factory: Kirkland, Washington, 172,000 square feet, opened April 2024 as of 27 June 2024 · aboutamazon.com

Timeline

30 July 2020
The FCC authorises Kuiper Systems LLC to launch and operate 3,236 satellites in shells at 590, 610 and 630 km (order FCC 20-102). docs.fcc.gov
26 October 2021
Verizon and Project Kuiper announce a collaboration, starting with satellite backhaul for Verizon's mobile network in rural US areas. globenewswire.com
6 October 2023
The Protoflight mission launches the prototypes KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 from Cape Canaveral, catalogued as KUIPER-P1 and KUIPER-P2. celestrak.org
28 November 2023
NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT announce a strategic collaboration with Project Kuiper in Japan. group.ntt
8 March 2024
The first-generation authorisation is cut from 3,236 satellites to 3,232 by an FCC order (DA 24-224), which also bars deployment directly to operating altitude. docs.fcc.gov
23 May 2024
Amazon announces that it will actively deorbit both prototypes, having met its key mission objectives within 30 days of launch. aboutamazon.com
29 September 2024
KUIPER-P1 re-enters, followed by KUIPER-P2 on 29 April 2025. celestrak.org
7 April 2025
L3Harris announces a partnership with Kuiper Government Solutions LLC, an Amazon subsidiary, on military and government satellite communications. l3harris.com
28 April 2025
KA-01, the first production launch, carries 27 satellites on an Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral. aboutamazon.com
26 June 2025
The US National Science Foundation and Project Kuiper sign a coordination agreement on satellite brightness and radio astronomy. nsf.gov
16 July 2025
KF-01, the first Falcon 9 launch for the programme, carries 24 satellites from Cape Canaveral. aboutamazon.com
5 August 2025
NBN Co selects Amazon to supply wholesale satellite broadband to more than 300,000 premises in Australia. nbnco.com.au
4 September 2025
JetBlue is announced as the first airline to adopt the service, for its free Fly-Fi from 2027. aboutamazon.com
14 October 2025
KF-03 (13 October in US Eastern time) carries 24 satellites on a Falcon 9, the last launch under the Kuiper name. aboutamazon.com
13 November 2025
Amazon renames Project Kuiper as Amazon Leo, calling it the programme's permanent brand. aboutamazon.com
24 November 2025
Amazon begins an enterprise preview, shipping Leo Pro and Leo Ultra terminals to select companies. aboutamazon.com
16 December 2025
LA-04 carries 27 satellites on an Atlas V, the first launch under the Amazon Leo name. aboutamazon.com
30 January 2026
Amazon asks the FCC to extend or waive the deadline of 30 July 2026 for 1,616 satellites, reporting that 180 were in orbit as of January 2026. cdn.geekwire.com
10 February 2026
The FCC grants a second-generation system of 3,212 satellites and a polar system of 1,292, with half of each due by 10 February 2032, and adds V-band frequencies to the first generation. cdn.geekwire.com
12 February 2026
LE-01, the first Ariane 64 launch for Amazon Leo, carries 32 satellites from Kourou, French Guiana. aboutamazon.com
12 February 2026
Vulcan's USSF-87 mission suffers a solid rocket booster nozzle problem; Vulcan, booked for Amazon Leo launches, has not flown since. spaceflightnow.com
31 March 2026
Delta Air Lines announces Amazon Leo in-flight Wi-Fi from 2028, starting with 500 aircraft. aboutamazon.com
13 April 2026
Amazon signs an agreement to buy the satellite operator Globalstar, according to Globalstar's SEC filing; the deal is announced on 14 April together with an Apple agreement for iPhone and Apple Watch satellite features. sec.gov
28 May 2026
A New Glenn rocket being prepared for its first Amazon Leo launch explodes during a static-fire test; the 48 satellites for that mission had not been integrated. spaceflightnow.com
5 June 2026
The FCC grants a limited, conditional waiver of the 2026 deployment milestone and keeps the 30 July 2029 deadline (order DA 26-553). docs.fcc.gov
17 June 2026
LE-03 carries 36 satellites on an Ariane 64 with upgraded P160C boosters, making 100 launched by Arianespace for Amazon Leo in under five months. newsroom.arianespace.com
2 July 2026
LA-08 carries 29 satellites on an Atlas V, the 14th production mission, bringing the total launched to 396. newsroom.ulalaunch.com
24 July 2026
Kuiper Systems LLC applies to the FCC for up to 5,105 direct-to-device satellites. cdn.geekwire.com
9 September 2026
Amazon Leo and Arianespace announce an order for six more Ariane 6 launches, taking the contract from 18 launches to 24. satellitetoday.com
10 September 2026
Jonathan McDowell's tracking counts 392 Amazon Leo satellites in orbit, 320 of them in the operational orbit. planet4589.org

Commonly got wrong

(1) Amazon Leo and Project Kuiper are the same network, but the Kuiper name did not disappear with the rename of 13 November 2025. The FCC licensee is still Kuiper Systems LLC, and the FCC's grant of 10 February 2026 says it will keep calling the applicant Kuiper, while the FCC's order of 5 June 2026 calls both the constellation and the licensee Amazon Leo. CelesTrak still names every satellite KUIPER followed by a number, including those launched after the rename. On 14 September 2026 the markup of Amazon's own site leo.amazon.com still listed Project Kuiper as an alternate name, and Amazon's government page, titled Amazon Leo Defense, was still hosted at info.projectkuiper.amazon. Before the rename Amazon sold to governments through Kuiper Government Solutions LLC, which L3Harris named as its partner in April 2025, and azmth could not confirm whether that company has since been renamed.
(2) Some reference sites still describe Amazon Leo's first generation as 3,236 satellites. In September 2026 Gunter's Space Page gave 3,236, with 1,618 required in orbit by July 2026, and NextSpaceflight's mission description also gave 3,236. The FCC's 2020 authorisation was for 3,236, but an FCC order of 8 March 2024 (DA 24-224) reduced it to 3,232, and the FCC's order of 5 June 2026 (DA 26-553) sets the deadlines at 1,616 satellites by 30 July 2026 and 3,232 by 30 July 2029. Amazon's own FCC request of 30 January 2026 also uses the figure 1,618 once.
(3) Satellite counts for Amazon Leo differ because sources count different things. Amazon's mission-update page, last updated on 2 July 2026, still says '375+ satellites' in its headline, while its text gives 396 deployed, the total launched, which includes four production satellites that have since re-entered. CelesTrak's satellite catalogue held 398 KUIPER records on 14 September 2026, including the two 2023 prototypes, and 392 of them were in orbit; Jonathan McDowell also counted 392 in orbit on 10 September 2026, but only 320 in the operational orbit. The live figure on this page, 391, is the number in CelesTrak's active catalogue, which leaves out KUIPER-00158, flagged non-operational.
(4) Amazon's own partner release for Herotel, published on 15 July 2026, says Amazon Leo satellites orbit at approximately 590 km. The FCC has authorised shells at 590, 610 and 630 km, but on 14 September 2026 every production satellite in CelesTrak's active catalogue was inclined about 51.9 degrees, the inclination of the 630 km shell, and none had been placed in the 590 km or 610 km shells. By azmth's calculation from the orbital elements that day, 353 of the satellites then in the active catalogue clustered near 629 km and the other 38 were lower, between about 440 and 612 km, while ascending or drifting.

Sources

Checked on 14 September 2026. Where official statements and independent tracking disagree, both are given. The live count above comes from the catalogue, not from this research.

Frequently asked

Are Amazon Leo and Project Kuiper the same thing?

Yes. Amazon Leo is the name Amazon gave Project Kuiper, its satellite internet constellation in low Earth orbit, on 13 November 2025; Amazon says Project Kuiper was the programme's original code name. The Kuiper name survives in places: the FCC licence is held by the Amazon subsidiary Kuiper Systems LLC, and CelesTrak still names every satellite KUIPER followed by a number, including those launched after the rename.

How many Amazon Leo (Kuiper) satellites are in orbit?

CelesTrak's active catalogue lists 391 Amazon Leo satellites, all named KUIPER. Amazon launched 396 production satellites on 14 missions between 28 April 2025 and 2 July 2026. CelesTrak's satellite catalogue counted 392 of them in orbit on 14 September 2026 after four re-entries, and Jonathan McDowell counted 320 in the operational orbit on 10 September 2026. The FCC requires Amazon to deploy 3,232 first-generation satellites by 30 July 2029.

When will Amazon Leo internet be available?

Amazon has not given a date. As of 14 September 2026 Amazon Leo had no commercial service, and on 10 September 2026 Amazon said it was preparing an initial service rollout in 2026, having said in July that it had enough satellites for initial service across certain latitudes, which it did not name. No consumer prices or launch countries had been announced. Earlier targets passed without service starting: in September 2025 the president of Amazon's government sales company, Kuiper Government Solutions, said service would reach five countries by the end of the first quarter of 2026, and Andy Jassy's shareholder letter of April 2026 said Amazon Leo was scheduled to launch in mid-2026.

How high do Amazon Leo satellites orbit?

As of 14 September 2026, most Amazon Leo satellites orbited at about 630 km. The FCC has authorised the first generation in shells at 590, 610 and 630 km, but every satellite in CelesTrak's active catalogue that day was inclined about 51.9 degrees, the inclination of the 630 km shell, and by azmth's calculation from the orbital elements all but 38 of them were near 629 km, the rest being lower while climbing or drifting. Newly launched satellites start lower and raise their orbits, because the FCC does not allow Amazon to deploy them directly to their operating altitude. The figure of approximately 590 km in Amazon's Herotel release of 15 July 2026 does not match the catalogue.

How fast is Amazon Leo internet?

Amazon gives maximum speeds by terminal: downloads of up to 100 Mbps for the 7 x 7 in Leo Nano, up to 400 Mbps for the 11 x 11 in Leo Pro, and up to 1 Gbps down and 400 Mbps up for the enterprise Leo Ultra. These are Amazon's own figures, and Amazon Leo had not started commercial service as of 14 September 2026.

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