Key Sentence:
- Two of the world’s richest men, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, are again toying with their space business.
- This time in the tiny satellite internet space.
The latest battle after it was revealed last week that Blue Origin Bezos filed a federal lawsuit against the US government. That awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX $2.89 billion contracts for a future moon landing is taking shape sending a highly pitched letter from Amazon to the Federal Communications Commission alleging that SpaceX’s plans for its Starlink network violate satellite deployment rules.
Amazon’s non-Blue Origin subsidiary Kuiper Systems is a competitor to Musk’s Starlink, founded in 2019. As a satellite broadband internet constellation capable of providing broadband internet connections from space.
According to Musk, Starlink has a considerable advantage over Amazon with over 100,000 client terminals called “Dishy McFlatface” by SpaceX. Early August and offering download speeds of around 50 Mbit/s. Kuiper Systems, meanwhile, received FCC approval last year to build a constellation of low-orbit satellites (LEOs) that. It says can provide “reliable and affordable broadband service to underserved and underserved communities around the world” indefinitely over $10. billion in the Kuiper Project.
But Musk wants to push his profits home in the first step, and for the second generation of satellites.
The difference between Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos the two so-called configurations is how Starlink will manage. Its 30,000 satellites – either with the help of the new reusable Starship. Ideal for heavy lifting, or, if not already available, the smaller but “reliable” “Falcon 9”. Missile family that has successfully logged more than 100 missions.
Amazon said in a letter to the FCC, “SpaceX’s new approach to proposing two mutually exclusive configurations runs counter to commission and public policy,” adding. That “almost every important detail remains unresolved, even the total number of satellites – the SpaceX app failed every test of its part.
Musk responded to a reporter’s tweet about Amazon’s letter to the FCC on Twitter on Friday. Apparently Besos is retiring to continue working full time and suing SpaceX,” and the lawsuit trail; Kuiper Systems’ ex parte letter to the FCC is just a complaint. A spokesperson for Amazon Kuiper Systems did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Amazon isn’t the only company with issues with SpaceX’s approach to presenting its Starlink constellation.
Space news reported in July that satellite operator Viasat had seen a federal appeals court reject its move to prevent SpaceX from expanding the mega-constellation Starlink.
The recent row between Musk and Bezos follows a dispute between two space exploration companies. Over NASA’s $2.89 billion contracts with SpaceX to create a program to land on the moon Artemis.
NASA initially promised to place several contracts on the program but then changed its mind and placed an order with SpaceX in April. Bezos and Blue Origin challenged the decision before the US government accounting office. Arguing that the agency “unreasonably assessed all three proposals.”
Still, the US government denied the complaint, claiming it was “appropriate.” NASA reserves the right to order. . Blue Origin filed a federal lawsuit against the US government earlier this month, telling Forbes in a statement. “We strongly believe. That the issues identified in this order and the results should be addressed to restore justice and a safe return of the moon to America. .”