Orbital data centers for AI: Blue Origin vs. SpaceX
Blue Origin has filed an application with the FCC for Project Sunrise, a plan for orbital AI data centers built on a constellation of 51,600 satellites. The company wants to place the spacecraft at altitudes between 500 and 1,800 km, link them with laser connections, and hook them into its future TeraWave network. The move puts Blue Origin in direct competition with SpaceX for a new market: space-based computing infrastructure.
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Blue Origin has filed an application with the FCC for Project Sunrise, an orbital computing platform that could expand available AI capacity and take load off ground-based infrastructure.
At what altitude will Blue Origin's AI satellites operate?
According to the filing, the Sunrise spacecraft are slated to operate at altitudes between 500 and 1,800 km.
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