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Amazon's $17B "LEO" Gamble

Summary by Ex Terra
The Deadline DilemmaThe math is unforgiving. Amazon faces an FCC mandate requiring 1,616 satellites—exactly half of Amazon Leo’s (formerly “Kuiper”) initial constellation—in orbit by July 30, 2026. That deadline, now seven months ahead, demands launching and deploying roughly 95 satellites every month for the remaining timeline. The company’s satellite manufacturing facility in Kirkland, Washington hit peak production at five satellites per day …
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Ex Terra broke the news in on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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