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Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network
REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut.

During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Opera
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/14/amazon-leo-revs-up-work-on-satellite-broadband-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

Amazon Leo revs up work on satellite broadband network
REDMOND, Wash. — Chris Weber isn’t ready to say yet exactly when Amazon Leo will start letting individual customers sign up for satellite broadband service, but when it happens, he’ll have the right wardrobe for the debut.

During a recent interview at Amazon Leo’s Mission Opera
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/05/14/amazon-leo-revs-up-work-on-satellite-broadband-network/
#GeekWire #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Broadband #ProjectKuiper #Satellites

#AmazonLeo is planning to launch its commercial #satellite #broadband internet service in the "next couple of months," according to the project's vice president of business and product. But the service won't be available everywhere all at once. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-leo-double-pace-roll-out-satellite-broadband/ #Amazon #Space #Tech

#AmazonLeo is planning to launch its commercial #satellite #broadband internet service in the "next couple of months," according to the project's vice president of business and product. But the service won't be available everywhere all at once. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-leo-double-pace-roll-out-satellite-broadband/ #Amazon #Space #Tech

Weekly output: Google I/O teaser, satellite-to-phone services, passkeys, connected-home considerations, Matter

I’m spending a few days in cooler confines–Monday morning, I head to Vancouver for the second year of Web Summit’s conference there. And just like last year, I won’t have enough time to do much wandering around British Columbia’s largest city and taking in its stunningly beautiful mountains-and-sea scenery, because I have three panels to moderate over Tuesday and Wednesday (with the conference hosts paying for my hotel and reimbursing my airfare).

5/5/2026: Google Teases I/O Pregame Event. How to Watch ‘The Android Show’ on May 12, PCMag

This was one of the shortest posts I’ve written for PCMag, owing to the paucity of information in the brief teaser video Google published.

5/7/2026: FCC Chair: Starlink Isn’t Enough. We Need at Least 3 Satellite-to-Phone Services, PCMag

I spent Wednesday afternoon at the wireless trade group CTIA’s annual summit in Washington. Most of the talks on the program didn’t yield anything too newsworthy, but Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s appearance met that bar even though he didn’t talk about his clumsy attempts to leverage the FCC’s broadcast licensing authority to punish TV shows and TV hosts for being mean to Republicans.

5/7/2026: Passkey-Adoption Report Finds Many Orgs Don’t Know How to Quit Passwords, PCMag

I had an advance copy of this FIDO Alliance survey but didn’t have time to write it up in advance; fortunately, Thursday did have enough idle time for me to get this post written and filed.

5/8/2026: Smart Homes In Practice: Bridging Design, Integration, And Market Promises With Real Human-Centered Living Outcomes, Smarter Infrastructure Summit

I had a brief trip to Chicago–well, its suburb Rosemont–for this small conference. I was a late addition to this panel, in which moderator Lisa An Wong quizzed me and architect Stephen Yas and connect-home integrator Corey Ardell about ways to get homes and the appliances in them thoughtfully wired.

5/9/2026: Matter Smart Home Standard Still Looks Immaterial At Retail, Smarter Infrastructure Summit

The title of this talk I did mirrors the story I did for PCMag almost three years ago; that post caught the attention of the conference organizers, and the chance to revisit the topic and get in some practice with doing a solo presentation led me to accept their travel-expenses-covered invitation.

Weekly output: Google I/O teaser, satellite-to-phone services, passkeys, connected-home considerations, Matter

I’m spending a few days in cooler confines–Monday morning, I head to Vancouver for the second year of Web Summit’s conference there. And just like last year, I won’t have enough time to do much wandering around British Columbia’s largest city and taking in its stunningly beautiful mountains-and-sea scenery, because I have three panels to moderate over Tuesday and Wednesday (with the conference hosts paying for my hotel and reimbursing my airfare).

5/5/2026: Google Teases I/O Pregame Event. How to Watch ‘The Android Show’ on May 12, PCMag

This was one of the shortest posts I’ve written for PCMag, owing to the paucity of information in the brief teaser video Google published.

5/7/2026: FCC Chair: Starlink Isn’t Enough. We Need at Least 3 Satellite-to-Phone Services, PCMag

I spent Wednesday afternoon at the wireless trade group CTIA’s annual summit in Washington. Most of the talks on the program didn’t yield anything too newsworthy, but Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr’s appearance met that bar even though he didn’t talk about his clumsy attempts to leverage the FCC’s broadcast licensing authority to punish TV shows and TV hosts for being mean to Republicans.

5/7/2026: Passkey-Adoption Report Finds Many Orgs Don’t Know How to Quit Passwords, PCMag

I had an advance copy of this FIDO Alliance survey but didn’t have time to write it up in advance; fortunately, Thursday did have enough idle time for me to get this post written and filed.

5/8/2026: Smart Homes In Practice: Bridging Design, Integration, And Market Promises With Real Human-Centered Living Outcomes, Smarter Infrastructure Summit

I had a brief trip to Chicago–well, its suburb Rosemont–for this small conference. I was a late addition to this panel, in which moderator Lisa An Wong quizzed me and architect Stephen Yas and connect-home integrator Corey Ardell about ways to get homes and the appliances in them thoughtfully wired.

5/9/2026: Matter Smart Home Standard Still Looks Immaterial At Retail, Smarter Infrastructure Summit

The title of this talk I did mirrors the story I did for PCMag almost three years ago; that post caught the attention of the conference organizers, and the chance to revisit the topic and get in some practice with doing a solo presentation led me to accept their travel-expenses-covered invitation.

Amazon Leo passes 300 satellites with Atlas and Ariane launches

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/amazon-leo-passes-300-satellites-with-atlas-and-ariane-launches/

#Arianespace:
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Arianespace successfully launches another 32 Amazon Leo satellites with Ariane 6
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"On 30 April 2026 ..successfully placed into orbit a second batch of 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation with Ariane 6 .. Mission VA268 — also named LE-02 (Leo Europe 02) by Amazon — is the 2nd Ariane 6 launch dedicated to deploying the Amazon Leo constellation. .."
https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-successfully-launches-another-32-amazon-leo-satellites-with-ariane-6/?lang=eng

30.4.2026

#Amazon #AmazonLeo #Ariane6 #Kourou #LE02 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA268

#Arianespace:
"
Arianespace successfully launches another 32 Amazon Leo satellites with Ariane 6
"
"On 30 April 2026 ..successfully placed into orbit a second batch of 32 satellites for the Amazon Leo constellation with Ariane 6 .. Mission VA268 — also named LE-02 (Leo Europe 02) by Amazon — is the 2nd Ariane 6 launch dedicated to deploying the Amazon Leo constellation. .."
https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-successfully-launches-another-32-amazon-leo-satellites-with-ariane-6/?lang=eng

30.4.2026

#Amazon #AmazonLeo #Ariane6 #Kourou #LE02 #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #VA268

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@bert_hubert/116492740826020087

Watching the #Ariane6 launch of #AmazonLeo sats was impressive… now we are just in the waiting stage as the rocket gets high enough to deploy the Amazon sats…

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@bert_hubert/116492740826020087

Watching the #Ariane6 launch of #AmazonLeo sats was impressive… now we are just in the waiting stage as the rocket gets high enough to deploy the Amazon sats…

FCC throws out satellite spectrum challenges as D2D dealmaking heats up

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/fcc-throws-out-satellite-spectrum-challenges-as-d2d-dealmaking-heats-up/

Amazon’s Globalstar move strengthens its D2D push and Apple link. It still doesn’t solve the launch bottleneck — and that’s why Starlink remains ahead.

https://spacetech.industryexaminer.com/amazon-globalstar-deal-starlink-launch-bottleneck/
#SpaceTech #SatelliteInternet #Amazon #Globalstar #AmazonLeo #Starlink #SpaceX #Apple #TechNews

Amazon’s Globalstar move strengthens its D2D push and Apple link. It still doesn’t solve the launch bottleneck — and that’s why Starlink remains ahead.

https://spacetech.industryexaminer.com/amazon-globalstar-deal-starlink-launch-bottleneck/
#SpaceTech #SatelliteInternet #Amazon #Globalstar #AmazonLeo #Starlink #SpaceX #Apple #TechNews

#PorSiTeLoPerdiste Amazon anuncia internet satelital para iPhone y conexión de alta velocidad en aviones https://www.enter.co/chips-bits/amazon-anuncia-internet-satelital-para-iphone-y-conexion-de-alta-velocidad-en-aviones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Tecnología #AmazonLeo #conectividadglobal

#PorSiTeLoPerdiste Amazon anuncia internet satelital para iPhone y conexión de alta velocidad en aviones https://www.enter.co/chips-bits/amazon-anuncia-internet-satelital-para-iphone-y-conexion-de-alta-velocidad-en-aviones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Tecnología #AmazonLeo #conectividadglobal

Amazon beats SpaceX to Globalstar as attention turns to spectrum acquisition

Ever since Globalstar was in the market for a buyer to remain relevant in the increasingly competitive satellite…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Globalstar #IsmailPatel #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/590639/

Amazon anuncia internet satelital para iPhone y conexión de alta velocidad en aviones https://www.enter.co/chips-bits/amazon-anuncia-internet-satelital-para-iphone-y-conexion-de-alta-velocidad-en-aviones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Tecnología #AmazonLeo #conectividadglobal

Amazon anuncia internet satelital para iPhone y conexión de alta velocidad en aviones https://www.enter.co/chips-bits/amazon-anuncia-internet-satelital-para-iphone-y-conexion-de-alta-velocidad-en-aviones/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Tecnología #AmazonLeo #conectividadglobal

Amazon redobla su apuesta espacial: adquiere Globalstar para potenciar Amazon Leo y dar soporte a Apple: https://www.dekazeta.net/amazon-redobla-su-apuesta-espacial-adquiere-globalstar-para-potenciar-amazon-leo-y-dar-soporte-a-apple/

#Amazon #AmazonLeo #GlobalStar #Apple

Amazon redobla su apuesta espacial: adquiere Globalstar para potenciar Amazon Leo y dar soporte a Apple: https://www.dekazeta.net/amazon-redobla-su-apuesta-espacial-adquiere-globalstar-para-potenciar-amazon-leo-y-dar-soporte-a-apple/

#Amazon #AmazonLeo #GlobalStar #Apple

🛰️ Amazon confirma la adquisición de #Globalstar para hacer crecer #Amazonleo. Además ha llegado también a un acuerdo con #Apple.

#tech $AAPL $GSAT $AMZN

https://mecambioamac.com/amazon-confirma-la-adquisicion-de-globalstar-como-afecta-a-apple/

🛰️ Amazon confirma la adquisición de #Globalstar para hacer crecer #Amazonleo. Además ha llegado también a un acuerdo con #Apple.

#tech $AAPL $GSAT $AMZN

https://mecambioamac.com/amazon-confirma-la-adquisicion-de-globalstar-como-afecta-a-apple/

Amazon to acquire Globalstar to power iPhone and Apple Watch satellite connectivity

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/amazon-globalstar-acquisition/

Amazon to acquire Globalstar to power iPhone and Apple Watch satellite connectivity

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/amazon-globalstar-acquisition/

Amazon reveals aviation antenna as LEO inflight connectivity race intensifies

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/amazon-reveals-aviation-antenna-as-leo-inflight-connectivity-race-intensifies/

#Amazon hat nen paar Details über #AmazonLEO rausgelassen was #Delta #DL und #JetBlue #B6 verbauen werden:

#PaxEx #WiFi

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/amazon-leo/amazon-leo-aviation-antenna-gigabit-wifi

#Amazon hat nen paar Details über #AmazonLEO rausgelassen was #Delta #DL und #JetBlue #B6 verbauen werden:

#PaxEx #WiFi

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/amazon-leo/amazon-leo-aviation-antenna-gigabit-wifi

FYI: Delta signs Amazon Leo deal for 1 Gbps in-flight Wi-Fi starting 2028: Amazon Leo will bring 1 Gbps in-flight Wi-Fi to 500 Delta aircraft from 2028, using low Earth orbit satellites just 370 miles up - here is what that means. https://ppc.land/delta-signs-amazon-leo-deal-for-1-gbps-in-flight-wi-fi-starting-2028/ #DeltaAirlines #AmazonLeo #InFlightWiFi #SpaceTechnology #LowEarthOrbit

Weekly output: AT&T OneConnect, federal privacy fears, Artemis II, better inflight WiFi, 6G

This week started with me in Chicago for the Online News Association’s conference, then had a quick trip to Boston to see family for Easter, and tomorrow will have me off to San Francisco for the HumanX conference to lead two panels there. 

I wrote an extra post Tuesday for Patreon readers recapping some scenes from SXSW, including a not-yet-campaign appearance by California governor Gavin Newsom and a stemwinder of a speech by Patreon founder Jack Conte on how human creativity can endure through the rise of AI.

3/31/2026: AT&T OneConnect Bundles Fiber, Wireless, Doesn’t Say What Mobile Service You Get, PCMag

I had just enough spare time at ONA to field this story–even factoring in time to try, without success, to get AT&T to explain just what wireless plan subscribers would get with this new offering.

4/1/2026: The One Thing Americans Can Agree On: The Feds Collect Too Much Personal Data, PCMag

I wrote up this study by the Center for Democracy & Technology a day after it was published Tuesday in part because I had nearly no free time on day two of ONA.

4/1/2026: NASA Launches Artemis II, Its First Moonshot Since 1972, PCMag

I watched the launch Wednesday evening of Artemis II with fingers crossed through main engine cutoff, then followed the first few hours of the mission while writing up this post. I updated the story a day later after the translunar injection burn of the Orion spacecraft’s service module engine committed astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen on a flight around the Moon and then back to Earth. I can’t wait to see this American and Canadian crew’s Earthrise photos.

4/2/2026: Fast, Free Wi-Fi Now Arriving at These Airlines, AARP

I showed up at my occasional client’s site not as a writer but as a subject-matter expert, courtesy of AARP writer Berit Thorkelson quizzing me over e-mail for this piece about how low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink are upgrading inflight WiFi.

4/3/2026: Unfortunately, It’s Time to Talk About 6G. Here’s What You Need to Know, PCMag

I got most of my reporting for this done at MWC Barcelona, but then needed a little more time to collect some industry insight about the wireless industry’s curious rush to hype 6G when so many of its customers are still trying to discern how 5G is supposed to make a noticeable difference in their everyday phone experience.

Weekly output: AT&T OneConnect, federal privacy fears, Artemis II, better inflight WiFi, 6G

This week started with me in Chicago for the Online News Association’s conference, then had a quick trip to Boston to see family for Easter, and tomorrow will have me off to San Francisco for the HumanX conference to lead two panels there. 

I wrote an extra post Tuesday for Patreon readers recapping some scenes from SXSW, including a not-yet-campaign appearance by California governor Gavin Newsom and a stemwinder of a speech by Patreon founder Jack Conte on how human creativity can endure through the rise of AI.

3/31/2026: AT&T OneConnect Bundles Fiber, Wireless, Doesn’t Say What Mobile Service You Get, PCMag

I had just enough spare time at ONA to field this story–even factoring in time to try, without success, to get AT&T to explain just what wireless plan subscribers would get with this new offering.

4/1/2026: The One Thing Americans Can Agree On: The Feds Collect Too Much Personal Data, PCMag

I wrote up this study by the Center for Democracy & Technology a day after it was published Tuesday in part because I had nearly no free time on day two of ONA.

4/1/2026: NASA Launches Artemis II, Its First Moonshot Since 1972, PCMag

I watched the launch Wednesday evening of Artemis II with fingers crossed through main engine cutoff, then followed the first few hours of the mission while writing up this post. I updated the story a day later after the translunar injection burn of the Orion spacecraft’s service module engine committed astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen on a flight around the Moon and then back to Earth. I can’t wait to see this American and Canadian crew’s Earthrise photos.

4/2/2026: Fast, Free Wi-Fi Now Arriving at These Airlines, AARP

I showed up at my occasional client’s site not as a writer but as a subject-matter expert, courtesy of AARP writer Berit Thorkelson quizzing me over e-mail for this piece about how low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink are upgrading inflight WiFi.

4/3/2026: Unfortunately, It’s Time to Talk About 6G. Here’s What You Need to Know, PCMag

I got most of my reporting for this done at MWC Barcelona, but then needed a little more time to collect some industry insight about the wireless industry’s curious rush to hype 6G when so many of its customers are still trying to discern how 5G is supposed to make a noticeable difference in their everyday phone experience.

ICYMI: Delta signs Amazon Leo deal for 1 Gbps in-flight Wi-Fi starting 2028: Amazon Leo will bring 1 Gbps in-flight Wi-Fi to 500 Delta aircraft from 2028, using low Earth orbit satellites just 370 miles up - here is what that means. https://ppc.land/delta-signs-amazon-leo-deal-for-1-gbps-in-flight-wi-fi-starting-2028/ #DeltaAirlines #AmazonLeo #InFlightWiFi #SpaceTechnology #LowEarthOrbit

Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/atlas-5-launches-amazon-leo-satellites/

Delta signs Amazon Leo deal for 1 Gbps in-flight Wi-Fi starting 2028: Amazon Leo will bring 1 Gbps in-flight Wi-Fi to 500 Delta aircraft from 2028, using low Earth orbit satellites just 370 miles up - here is what that means. https://ppc.land/delta-signs-amazon-leo-deal-for-1-gbps-in-flight-wi-fi-starting-2028/ #Delta #AmazonLeo #InflightWiFi #SatelliteInternet #AviationTech

SpaceX and Amazon spar over satellite deployments

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/spacex-and-amazon-spar-over-satellite-deployments/

#LuxemburgerWort:
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Wie Elon Musk und Jeff Bezos die Ozonschicht bedrohen
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"Der erdnahe Orbit füllt sich in atemberaubendem Tempo. Andreas Hein v. d. Universität Luxemburg über Megakonstellationen, verglühende Satelliten – und warum jetzt die Zeit zum Handeln ist."

https://www.wort.lu/panorama/wie-elon-musk-und-jeff-bezos-die-ozonschicht-bedrohen/141261752.html

1.4.2026

#AmazonLeo #BlueOrigin #BO #ESA #KesslerSyndrom #Luxemburg #Megakonstellation #Nachhaltigkeit #Ozonschicht #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Starlink #Umweltverschmutzung #Wiedereintritt

#LuxemburgerWort:
"
Wie Elon Musk und Jeff Bezos die Ozonschicht bedrohen
"
"Der erdnahe Orbit füllt sich in atemberaubendem Tempo. Andreas Hein v. d. Universität Luxemburg über Megakonstellationen, verglühende Satelliten – und warum jetzt die Zeit zum Handeln ist."

https://www.wort.lu/panorama/wie-elon-musk-und-jeff-bezos-die-ozonschicht-bedrohen/141261752.html

1.4.2026

#AmazonLeo #BlueOrigin #BO #ESA #KesslerSyndrom #Luxemburg #Megakonstellation #Nachhaltigkeit #Ozonschicht #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Starlink #Umweltverschmutzung #Wiedereintritt

Amazon Leo targets faster deployment cadence as deadline pressure mounts

TAMPA, Fla. — Amazon vowed to double the annual launch rate for its low Earth orbit broadband constellation…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Amazon #AmazonLeo #Arianespace #BlueOrigin #SatelliteConference #Science #SN #spaceX #ULA
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/542697/

Amazon sends letter to FCC saying: Reject application of Elon Musk’s Spacex for Space data centers; gives three reasons to dismiss

Amazon’s Project Kuiper has urged the FCC to reject SpaceX’s proposal for a million-satellite constellation, citing a lack…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Amazon #amazonkupiter #AmazonLeo #amazonleovsspacex #amazonleovsstarlink #Science #spacedatacenters
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/511217/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116152041766079159

This whole thread - and the accompanying article - are well worth the read if you are interested in #InternetAccess from #LEO, I.e. #Starlink, #OneWeb, #AmazonLeo, etc.

The reality is that we do NOT yet understand all the potential impacts of these new services. They can bring life-changing #Internet to so many people with few (or no) other options.. but at what cost?