Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Wants To Launch A 51,600-Satellite Data Center Into Orbit

A face-off in space

A new FCC filing from Bezos-owned Blue Origin just heated up competition between the two wealthiest men on Earth In sum — what to know:  Regulatory chess: In what feels like a chessboard move, Blue Origin requested FCC’s approval for 51,000 satellites for building an orbital data center. Blue Origin’s objection: The application came just […]

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Wants To Launch A 51,600-Satellite Data Center Into Orbit

Jeff Bezos’ space and rocket company is asking for federal approval to launch tens of thousands of satellites for an orbital data center, the latest billionaire-backed firm to try to push computing power into the skies.  Blue Origin on Thursday submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission requesting permission to launch as many as 51,600 satellites into low Earth orbit to create a data center constellation dubbed Project Sun…