One of Amazon’s most aggressive projects right now is a plan to launch a home internet service. Recently Amazon has started to open up about its plans for its home internet service from Amazon, currently code-named Project Kuiper. Now we have a date for when its first mass production satellites will start be launched into space.
Amazon’s new satellite construction facility at its peak capacity it will be building up to five satellites per day with plans to launch its first satellites in the 4th quarter of 2024. This is still inline with its plans to start offering the service in select areas in 2025.
“Building advanced communications satellites at this scale is incredibly complex, and we want to ensure every Kuiper spacecraft meets our standards for performance, reliability, and safety,” said Steve Metayer, Project Kuiper’s vice president of production operations. “The progress from the team is so impressive, and we now have the foundational pieces in place to ramp production ahead of a full-scale deployment. We can’t wait to get service to our customers as soon as possible.”
So now that Amazon is close to launching the service, what do we know about it? What is the pricing, launch date, and more? Here is everything we know about Amazon’s new home Internet service.
Amazon’s Internet service will come in three speed options:
Standard This standard version will have an 11″ square antenna that will offer speeds up to 400 Mbps down. This will be perfect for most households.
Pro If you need a lot of speed, Amazon has an 11″ by 30″ pro antenna that can offer speeds up to 1 Gbps. This will be perfect for companies or large households.
Portable If speed is not important and you want something you can easily travel with, look into Amazon’s ultra-portable version that is 7″ square and offers speeds up to 100 Mbps.
What can you expect from this service?
One of the big questions about Amazon’s new home Internet service has been the cost. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says he expects the new Internet service to offer a low price that will help it reach the 400 to 500 million households still without Internet.
Jassy was recently interviewed by CNBC’s Jim Cramer. In that interview, Jassy said, “I think we can charge a low price and still make good margins where it’s a good business for us. I actually am very bullish about that business.”
According to Bloomberg, a standard satellite dish from Amazon will cost under $400 to manufacture. This will help Amazon undercut the $599.99 cost that SpaceX charges for its standard Starlink kit. The standard satellite dish from Amazon promises speeds of up to 400 Mbps down.
Unfortunately, we still don’t know the monthly cost, but Amazon seems dedicated to being cheaper than SpaceX’s Starlink.
Amazon hopes to start limited testing in late 2024 and to slowly roll out the service in 2025. Like the Starlink rollout, look for the service to be offered in limited areas at first as Amazon moves to expand the service in more areas.
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