Amazon's Starlink Rival Leo Surpasses 390 Satellites After Atlas V Launch, Eyes Initial Service This Year

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) expects to roll out initial internet service with its Leo broadband satellite network later this year after its latest launch pushed the constellation’s satellite count above 390, a company executive said Thursday. Latest Launch Pushes Leo Toward Early Service Amazon’s latest batch of 29 satellites lifted off early Thursday from Florida on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, marking the company’s 14th mission in a broader push to deploy more than 3,200 satellites for internet coverage from space. Amazon said the launch brought the total number of deployed Leo satellites to 396. "Still lots of work ahead – including raising all these new satellites to their assigned altitude," Amazon Leo chief Chris Weber said in a post on X. "But we’ve completed enough launches for initial service this yr, and future missions just add coverage and capacity." Last f...