"On the video posted on LinkedIn by Rajeev Badyal, head of Kuiper at Amazon, someone conducts a speed test using speedtest.net, a common ISP-testing site, which showed an average download speed of 1,189 Mbps and a peak of over 1,289 Mbps against a server hosted by Eastern Oregon Net Inc. Bear in mind that this is a staged test, presumably conducted under ideal conditions."
""With our first Amazon Project Kuiper satellites on station at 630 km, we've been able to put the network through its paces," Badyal said. "Uplink numbers generated as much excitement (if not more). We'll save those for another day though." While it looks impressive, Amazon is very much a late arrival in the orbital ISP market. The company sent up its first commercial Kuiper satellites in April and now has just over a hundred in orbit."
Amazon's Project Kuiper achieved a staged speedtest showing average downloads near 1,189 Mbps and peaks over 1,289 Mbps using speedtest.net against an Eastern Oregon Net server. The test was conducted from satellites stationed at about 630 km and included uplink data that was not shown. Amazon has just over a hundred Kuiper satellites in orbit after its first commercial launches in April, while Starlink operates over 8,000 satellites. Kuiper plans commercial service rollout starting in Australia next year and has signed a JetBlue agreement to install inflight Kuiper hardware beginning in 2027.
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