Amazon LEO Fuels Huge Investment in Florida's Space Coast
The company has invested millions to manufacture low-Earth orbit satellites.
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2026 – Amazon is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to develop Amazon Leo, bringing warehouses and jobs to Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Amazon is primarily investing in projects at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to develop Amazon Leo. The satellites are built and tested at a production facility in Washington state. Then, they are shipped to the KSC, the company and the world’s largest satellite processing facility.
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