Amazon Satellite Internet To Be Available in Five Countries by the End of Q1 2026

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Amazon plans to launch its satellite internet in five countries around the world by the end of the first quarter of 2026. The company is actively developing Project Kuiper, its own constellation of low-orbit satellites, which will become a direct competitor to Elon Musk’s Starlink.

These will include the United States, Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Ricky Freeman, President of Amazon’s Government Relations Division, explained that by the end of this year, the company will have a constellation of more than 200 low-orbit communications satellites. Project Kuiper will begin providing its services in the first regions of its presence at the end of this year, although the order of development of the listed markets is not specified. In the future, Amazon will increase the number of communications satellites in low-Earth orbit to 3,200. Amazon will begin deploying its satellite constellation over the southern hemisphere next year in order to increase its coverage to 26 countries by its end. The network coverage area will approach the equator as early as 2027. Finally, in 2028, it is planned to cover the entire globe with its proprietary communications network, including the poles and a group of 88 to 100 countries.

Let us recall that during recent tests, Amazon achieved a record satellite Internet speed of 1.28 Gbps.