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What is the approved budget of Amazon Leo?

Amazon Leo, formerly Project Kuiper, is Amazon's low-Earth-orbit broadband network. The FCC authorized the first-generation system in 2020, and Amazon committed more than USD 10 billion to the programme. Two prototype satellites validated the end-to-end design in 2023; full-scale deployment began on 28 April 2025 with 27 production satellites. By September 2026 Amazon reported 14 deployment missions and nearly 400 satellites in orbit, while the first-generation authorization covers 3,236 spacecraft. The network combines satellites in several orbital shells with optical inter-satellite links, gateway stations, fibre connections and customer terminals. Amazon renamed Project Kuiper as Amazon Leo in November 2025 and is preparing an initial service rollout while constellation deployment continues.

Approved budget

$10 billion

Cost basis: 2020

A ATLAS V rocket carrying the Kuiper 3 mission successfully launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on September 25, 2025. Project Kuiper is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to provide fast, reliable internet to customers around the world, including those in unserved and underserved communities, using a constellation of more than 3,200 LEO satellites. (U.S. Space Force photo by Gwendolyn Kurzen)
U.S. Space Force Gwendolyn KurzenPublic domain

Cost evidence

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Approved budget2020
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Project record

Timeline

  1. 28 April 2025

    Construction started

    Amazon

  2. 30 July 2029

    Planned completion

    Federal Communications Commission

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