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Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered

Amazon now has hundreds of flight-ready satellites standing idle in Florida, waiting to join the company’s low-Earth orbit Internet constellation, an Amazon official said Tuesday.

“They’re built, and sitting in a payload processing facility waiting for trips to orbit,” said Steve Metayer, vice president of Amazon Leo Production Operations, during a teleconference with reporters. “And we’re currently manufacturing several satellites a day.”

Metayer spoke on the eve of the company’s next mission, during which an Ariane 64 rocket will launch three dozen Amazon Leo satellites into orbit from a spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff is targeted for 7:53 am ET (11:53 UTC) on Wednesday.

Arianespace steps up

France-based Arianespace has emerged as a critical partner for Amazon, which, to date, has had the majority of its 331 satellites launched on Atlas V rockets. However, Amazon has just one more mission booked on this rocket, which is operated by United Launch...

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MPs fear Treasury cold feet could sink Whitehall's £1.15B shared services push

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How Anthropic is pursuing a state-by-state push for ever-tougher AI safety laws, in contrast with OpenAI's “reverse federalism” strategy for common state rules

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Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered

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