en.Wedoany.com Reported - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy stated in the annual letter to shareholders released on April 9, 2026, that the Amazon Leo low Earth orbit satellite broadband service is scheduled to officially launch in mid-2026. Jassy wrote in the letter that over the past seven years, Amazon has built this satellite network and launched more than 200 satellites into space, making its constellation the third largest among global low Earth orbit networks. Jassy also noted that although the service has not yet officially entered commercial operation, Amazon has already secured significant revenue commitments from enterprise and government customers.
According to Jassy's shareholder letter, Delta Air Lines has selected Amazon Leo as its future in-flight Wi-Fi service provider, with plans to begin deployment on 500 aircraft starting in 2028. Other customers listed in the letter include JetBlue, AT&T, Vodafone, NASA, and Australia's National Broadband Network. The Amazon Leo enterprise beta launched on April 8, 2026, with commercial service to follow within months, initially covering latitude bands in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and gradually expanding toward the equator as the satellite fleet grows. Amazon previously disclosed that it has signed dozens of commercial agreements and plans to conduct over 20 satellite launches in 2026.
In the shareholder letter, Jassy stated that Amazon Leo will deliver stronger performance than existing alternatives, with uplink performance improved six to eight times, downlink performance doubled, and offered at a lower cost. The Leo service will integrate directly with AWS, allowing enterprise and government users to transmit data over a secure, private network for storage, analysis, and AI applications without traversing the public internet. The Amazon Leo enterprise terminal, Leo Ultra, supports download speeds of up to 1 Gbps and upload speeds of up to 400 Mbps.
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