Overview
- Amazon reports 153 satellites in low Earth orbit and has rebranded its government unit as Leo for Government.
- An executive said initial service is expected before the end of March in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
- SpaceX has completed its three contracted launches, ULA still has five Atlas V flights, and the remaining manifest leans on Vulcan, Ariane 6 and New Glenn.
- Blue Origin flew New Glenn for a second time with NASA’s ESCAPADE and achieved a drone-ship booster landing, bolstering a key launcher Amazon plans to use.
- Amazon cites partners including JetBlue, L3Harris, DIRECTV Latin America, Sky Brasil and Australia’s NBN Co., and touts a customer terminal with a commercial phased‑array antenna designed for gigabit speeds.