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FCC Chair Criticizes Slow Pace of Amazon Satellite Launches

On Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr publicly criticized Amazon for opposing SpaceX's orbital data center plans, saying Amazon lacks standing due to its deployment shortfall.
Amazon last week urged the FCC to deny SpaceX's plan and asked for a July 30, 2028 extension after sending at least 200 satellites and investing more than $10 billion.
Technical filings show SpaceX's application omitted satellite size and mass details, while astronomers, rivals, and citizens filed over 1,400 comments; Starlink operates about 9,000 satellites with recent FCC authorization for 7,500 more.
The FCC hasn't approved SpaceX's request, and Carr said he does not expect Amazon's petition to 'get much traction', with Goldman retweeting Carr and others on X applauding him.
Environmental critics warn that SpaceX's plan to launch one million satellites risks debris, light pollution, and long-term orbital harm, affecting orbital control and competition.

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr (pictured) took exception to a recent petition filed by Amazon criticising a SpaceX plan to use low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites to enable data centres in space, telling the company to focus on its own business. Amazon hit out at Space X’s plan in a petition filed with the FCC on 6 March. The parent company of Amazon Leo, which competes against SpaceX’s Starlink broadband service, stated…

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