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Amazon Seeks Another 4,538 Satellites to Challenge Musk’s SpaceX
Amazon.com Inc.’s Kuiper Systems LLC asked U.S. regulators for permission to launch another 4,538 satellites that would bolster its constellation as it competes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for broadband-from-space customers. The additions would bring Kuiper’s constellation to 7,774 satellites, the company said in
a filing Thursday with the Federal Communications Commission….
Kuiper’s request was among nine applications, submitted under an FCC deadline, that requested authorization for a total of more than 35,000 spacecraft. That’s more than seven times the number aloft today.
Those figures don’t include nearly 30,000 additional satellites proposed by segment leader SpaceX, which already has launched more than 1,700 of its Starlink spacecraft.….
Companies filing for FCC approval Thursday included
Boeing Co., which proposed another 5,789 communications satellites after
winning permission on Nov. 3 for 147 satellites……
Astra Space Inc. asked permission for 13,620 satellites for what it described as “communications services, environmental and natural resource applications, and national security missions.”……