News Summary

• Amazon has been gearing up to enter the satellite broadband internet realm before 2026.
• The company has indicated it may use its ecosystem of services to entice users to its LEO (low Earth orbit) satellite internet.
• Amazon told Ars Technica in an interview that it has already placed 396 satellites already in orbit, and produced over 1,000 of them.
• It ultimately plans to have a network of 3,200 for its "first generation" product,.
• Amazon's satellites are meant to compete with SpaceX's Starlink.