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Amazon to finally launch Leo satellite internet in ‘mid-2026’, says CEO

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A rocket blasts off in the dark with flames shooting out. — A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 4 April, carrying 29 satellites for Amazon's Leo internet constellation. Photograph: Jennifer Briggs/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Amazon has said its long-awaited satellite internet rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink will finally go live in “mid-2026”.

The chief executive, Andy Jassy, said in a letter to shareholders that the technology company was “on the verge of launching Amazon Leo” and had secured “revenue commitments from enterprises and governments” for the scheme.

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