Amazon’s $11B Globalstar Deal Fuels Project Leo’s Pursuit of Starlink’s Contrails

Amazon’s $11B Globalstar Deal Fuels Project Leo’s Pursuit of Starlink’s Contrails

The billionaires are at it again, as Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon Leo battle for satellite dominance in the stars.  Starlink is light-years ahead of Amazon’s Project Leo (an acronym for low Earth orbit), previously Project Kuiper. But Leo’s preparing to pounce, last week announcing an agreement to buy Globalstar for a whopping $11.6 billion. The transaction’s expected to close next year. Globalstar has only 24 satellites in o…