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Amazon Wants More Time to Hit LEO Launch Milestone

Company said repeated launch delays, necessary prototype ‘reengineering’ slowed deployment

Jake Neenan

Feb 2, 2026 — 2 min read

Photo of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a payload of 27 of Amazon's Leo, then called Project Kuiper, internet satellites in April 2025, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. by John Raoux/AP

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2026 – Amazon is asking for more time to deploy half of its planned 3,232 low-Earth orbit satellites, citing delayed launches and an unexpected need to re-engineer its prototype.

The Federal Communications Commission’s deadline for the company to deploy 1,618 satellites is July 30, 2026. Amazon wants until July 30, 2028, or to have the interim requirement waived entirely. The company currently has 180 satellites in orbit for the constellation, which will support its Amazon Leo broadband service.

The company said it still planned to meet the July 20, 2029, deadline for the full constellation and planned to have 700 satellites in orbit by July 30.

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