Amazon expects Kuiper satellites to serve five countries by 2026

Amazon.com Inc.’s satellite internet venture aims to be able to offer service to the US, Canada, France, Germany and the UK by the end of the first quarter of 2026, an executive said. Ricky Freeman, president of government solutions for the Project Kuiper satellite venture, said Amazon expected to have more than 200 satellites in low-Earth orbit by the end of the year. The company has said it expects to begin service by late 2025, though it hasn’t specified which markets will receive coverage or precisely w ...