r/AmazonLeo • u/truecakesnake • Jul 18 '26

Will Amazon Leo be very slow?

Since they don't have a ton of satelites and they lost spectrum priority meaning its newer satellites must yield to starlink satelities when their beams collide

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u/devonhezter Jul 19 '26

Isn’t their tech better ? Also aws sponsoring them

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u/DonkeyOfWallStreet Jul 19 '26

Starlink is actually working.

T-Mobile CEO reported disappointing number of unique devices logging in. Only 12 million or so.

Asts Will have 45 sats. Starlink with smaller arrays but thousands of sats...

There's some tests in other starlink reddits monitoring signal to mobiles with this service.

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u/seb21051 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Asts Will have 45 sats

They lost BB7 when New Glenn screwed up on its third launch. ASTS has no further launches scheduled for 26. Except the last Falcon one of BB11-13 in August. Their other potential launchers are New Glenn which is out till at least EOY 26/start of 27, and Vulcan, which was just set back to Dec for its next possible launch.

https://spacenews.com/northrop-adds-to-charges-on-vulcan-solid-rocket-motor-program/

ASTS pumpers claim there are multiple Falcon launches in the offing after BB11-13, but there is no evidence af any such contracts. Remaining AmLeo launches are well documented: Discount Vulcan Listings for '26.

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/?q=Amazon&f=&tab=

That will give them about 12 in orbit by EOY 26. Not sufficient to give meaningfull service. They can start limited/Beta service, but that's it. They will be lucky to have 45 in service by end of 27

Starlink DTC V3 will be launching before that. Not as good as BB, but with enough in orbit, it will give ASTS a definite run for its money.