ULA Atlas V launches 29 more Amazon Leo broadband satellites, constellation passes 350 as Amazon builds toward 3,200 to challenge Starlink
Households with one satellite internet option moved closer to a second. On July 2 a ULA Atlas V lifted 29 more Amazon $AMZN Leo satellites from Cape Canaveral, pushing the constellation past 350 in orbit. Amazon aims for about 3,200 to rival Starlink's roughly 11,000. Per Space.c
For millions of households in rural and hard-to-reach areas, satellite internet has meant one practical choice: SpaceX's Starlink. Amazon is working to change that. On July 2 a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying 29 more Amazon $AMZN Leo broadband satellites, one of nine Atlas V flights the company has used to build out the network. The launch pushes the Amazon Leo constellation past 350 satellites in orbit. The full system is planned at roughly 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit, the altitude that keeps latency low enough for video calls and everyday browsing. The service was known as Project Kuiper until Amazon rebranded it as Amazon Leo in November 2025. The scale gap is still wide. Starlink already operates close to 11,000 satellites and continues to launch more. What Amazon is offering is competition in a market that has had little of it, which tends to matter for pricing and availability in the places where a wired connection was never an option. Per Space.com.