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Amazon Satellite Internet to Launch into Orbit via SpaceX’s Rivals
Amazon on Tuesday announced a commercial launch deal — the largest in history — to deploy the majority of the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites for its “Project Kuiper” satellite broadband service into orbit (via ArsTechnica). The deal covers 83 rocket launches over the next five years from the three largest commercial launch providers in the […]
NASA Delays SpaceX Lunar Landing to 2025, Blames Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Lawsuit
NASA announced on Tuesday its human lunar mission has been delayed from 2024 to 2025. The major reason? Litigation from Blue Origin, which fought NASA for awarding the lunar contract to SpaceX. Back in August, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sued NASA over awarding Elon Musk’s SpaceX a lunar contract to send humans back to the […]
Amazon Loses Blue Origin Lawsuit vs. NASA Over SpaceX Contract
After Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin lodged a lawsuit against NASA over its granting SpaceX a 2024 moon outpost contract, the company has officially been defeated in a Federal court, a new report shows. Blue Origin lost a court battle with NASA over the awarding of SpaceX with the 2024 moon contract, according to CNBC. […]
Blue Origin is ‘Kind of Lazy’ vs SpaceX, Admits Exec in 2018 Memo
An internal company memo at Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, originally sent in 2018, reveals that the company hired a management consultant from Avascent to evaluate SpaceX’s strengths and weaknesses in order to hopefully follow suit, according to details seen by ArsTechnica. The internal memo is dated November 1, 2018, and offers a blunt picture of […]
Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin Sue NASA Over SpaceX Lunar Contract
Image credit: Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ space agency Blue Origin is suing NASA, claiming that a $2.9 billion USD lunar landing contract was awarded unfairly to SpaceX, reports the BBC. The contract, which originally stated plans to host two space exploration providers, apparently had to reduce the contract to just one company as a result […]
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Loses Appeal Against SpaceX’s $2.9 Billion NASA Contract
Back in April, SpaceX won the bidding war for a lunar lander contract from NASA. The $2.9 billion USD contract tasked Elon Musk’s space exploration and transportation company with carrying astronauts back to the moon in its Starship. However, the award was expected to have two recipients — not just one. Rivals Blue Origin and […]
Blue Origin Says NASA ‘Moved the Goalposts’ in Awarding SpaceX Moon Contract
Earlier this month, NASA awarded SpaceX with a mission contract to head back to the moon, and one space exploration company is not happy about it. On Monday, Jeff Bezos’ space exploration company, Blue Origin, formally filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office, alleging that NASA’s decision “moved the goalposts last-minute” for contract-bidding companies, […]
Canada’s Telesat to Take on SpaceX and Amazon in Satellite Internet Space Race
Canadian satellite internet company Telesat has accelerated in the race to achieve low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite internet, pitting them against Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’s Project Kuiper, both working to offer improved satellite internet connectivity first. Calling Telesat’s LEO constellation “the Holy Grail” for shareholders, Ottawa-based Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg says the company has […]
Amazon Unveils ‘Project Kuiper’ Satellite Internet to Take on SpaceX Starlink
Amazon space hardware company Project Kuiper hopes to go head-to-head with SpaceX’s Starlink, and they have a new, low-Earth orbit user interface prototype reaching speeds up to 400 Mbps to show forth, as reported by Ars Technica. Amazon was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch 3,236 low-Earth orbit satellites. The company utilizes […]