Pretty much every Amazon project starts with a code name. Echo was “Doppler,” our first Kindle was “Fiona,” and our EC2 network device project was “Blackfoot,” after the penguins our AWS team saw while doing the work in Cape Town. For our satellite network, it was “Project Kuiper,” and today, we’re introducing the permanent name: Amazon Leo—for the low Earth orbit (or LEO) constellation that powers the whole thing. Team’s made lots of progress (150+ satellites up, >1 Gbps speeds, customers signing on) and am excited for the difference Leo will make for the ~500 million households, and millions of enterprises, orgs, and governments who need it. https://lnkd.in/g6QgJwFQ
Reaching over 150 satellites with 1 Gbps speeds and broad adoption shows how satellite constellations are moving from concept to scalable infrastructure, supporting households, enterprises, and governments alike.
Proud of the team. Proud of my legacy.
Love the name Leo! So much that I named my son Leo. So excited about this launch!
Good luck trademarking that...also, this is awesome! SpaceX needs some real competition. Go Amazon!
I’d like to read the 6-pager on this program because I have a hard time seeing the business case.
Love the origin stories for project names, makes me wonder what amazing creature inspired my last big project!
I miss my job🥺
Teleio
Senior AWS Alliance Manager
1wThis means Werner's keynote at re:Invent is going to be even more awesome. From the bottom of the ocean to outer space theme incoming!