Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, says space internet service is weeks away

Amazon has built its 1,000th broadband satellite and says service is weeks away, having cut production from 27 satellites in six months to 27 a week, while the number in orbit is still 396. That shortfall cost it spectrum priority in July, and the FCC will hand it back early if Amazon proves it has the hardware built and the launches booked.

Amazon has built its 1,000th broadband satellite. It took six months to make the first 27. It now makes 27 a week.

Rajeev Badyal, who runs the programme, led Starlink in its early years until Musk fired him eight years ago for moving too cautiously. He told Ars Technica that Amazon is weeks from launching on Vulcan, with an Arianespace flight to follow and at least one more Vulcan this year.

Amazon took an empty 170,000 square foot building in Kirkland, Washington in December 2022 and turned it...

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