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FCC Grants Amazon Leo Deadline Waiver

The company’s final deployment deadline in July 2029 is still in place.

Jake Neenan

Jun 8, 2026 — 3 min read

Photo of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a payload of 27 of Amazon's broadband satellites at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 by John Raoux/AP

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2026 – Federal regulators have granted Amazon’s request to waive a satellite deployment deadline the company won’t be able to hit.

Amazon has FCC clearance to launch 3,232 low-Earth orbit satellites for its planned broadband service. It was supposed to launch half of those by July 30, 2026, but still only has a total of 331 after an unexpected redesign and repeated launch delays.

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