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Rajeev Badyal

Rajeev Badyal

Vice President, Project Kuiper (Amazon)

Appears in 2 stories

Notable Quotes

"Every launch is an opportunity to add more capacity and coverage." — Rajeev Badyal, April 2025

“Now, we’re ready to share our permanent brand for the program: Amazon Leo.” — Rajeev Badyal, Amazon Leo VP

“Adding a heavy-lift rocket like Ariane 6… will allow us to deploy more satellites at a time.” — Rajeev Badyal, Amazon Leo VP

Stories

SpaceX turns Falcon 9 into a Starlink assembly line — and the world starts depending on it

New Capabilities

Scaling Kuiper launches to catch Starlink’s head start

SpaceX hit 50 dedicated Starlink launches before June 2026, roughly one every four days. The constellation has 10.3 million subscribers across 160 countries, 10,191 active satellites, and $10.6 billion in 2025 revenue. Starlink is SpaceX's only profitable division and the central asset in its pending Nasdaq IPO.

Updated May 31

Amazon’s Leo constellation is growing fast—just not fast enough for the FCC clock

Built World

Running Amazon’s satellite internet buildout and commercial rollout

At 3:28 a.m. ET on December 16, ULA lit an Atlas V and pushed 27 Amazon Leo broadband satellites into orbit. It's another clean launch in a campaign that's starting to look like a metronome: stack satellites, light rocket, repeat.

Updated May 15