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Amazon’s satellites contain over 4 million components per unit. That doesn’t stop their Kirkland, Washington facility, which can produce five per day.
By Brad Randall, Broadband Communities
The work is continuing at pace for Amazon Leo, which says they’re set to deploy satellites via their first Vulcan rocket launch within.
The Vulcan is capable of carrying 40 satellites at a time, according to the company.
A recent October 2026 blog post on Amazon News shined light on the work behind Amazon’s push to deliver low-Earth orbit connectivity at scale.
The company said they’ve secured more than 100 launches across multiple providers, and the company works with more than 190 suppliers across Washington state, where their Krikland manufacturing facility is located.
The facility has capacity to produce up to five satellites per day now, according to Amazon News. They also recently marked the achievement of reaching 1,000 satellites built. It was a long road, says Paul Palcisco, head of satellite production for Amazon Leo.
Palcisco is quoted in Zack Brown’s report on Amazon News extensively.
“There were weeks early on where we broke more satellites in testing than we shipped,” Palcisco said. “It was painful, but that’s how you learn. You have to be willing to destroy your own work to get it right.”
So far, Amazon Leo has deployed nearly 400 satellites with 14 launches to date at the time of Brown’s report.
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