Amazon Leo Readies 200+ Satellites for Orbit as It Ramps Up Launch Schedule

VIA SATELLITE - More than 200 Amazon Leo satellites are loaded onto six dispensers at Cape Canaveral, ready to be launched into orbit in the coming months as Amazon prepares to ramp up launch cadence for its megaconstellation, Chris Weber, the company’s vice president for Leo Business told a lunchtime fireside chat at SATShow on Monday.

“We have over 200 in our processing facility at the Cape, ready and stacked to be picked up and delivered to space,” he said. In a statement the company said its dedicated production facility in Kirkland, Washington, has the capacity to build as many as 30 satellites per week, and that a seventh dispenser is already in French Guiana awaiting launch.

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Note:  Two of the four launch providers scheduled to deploy Amazon Leo satellites are tied to Kent Valley - Blue Origin is headquartered in Kent and operates the New Glenn rocket, and the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket employs two Blue Origin BE-4 engines.

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