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Amazon Looking to Launch 5,100 Satellites for Direct-to-Device

The service would be supported by exclusive spectrum acquired from Globalstar

Jake Neenan

Jul 27, 2026 — 3 min read

Photo of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying Amazon Leo (then called Project Kuiper) satellites at Cape Canaveral in 2025 by John Raoux/AP

WASHINGTON, July 27, 2026 – Amazon is looking to launch more than 5,100 new satellites to support a future direct-to-device mobile service.

The company’s proposed satellites would “support the leap from basic messaging to voice and data services,” Amazon attorneys Emily Hsu and Michael John Carlson wrote in an application filed late Friday with the Federal Communications Commission.

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