Blue Origin

Blue Origin's Project Sunrise proposes a constellation of up to 51,600 solar-powered satellites in sun-synchronous low Earth orbit performing AI compute, with optical inter-satellite links routed through its separate TeraWave communications constellation. The company filed an FCC application in March 2026 describing the plan. It disclosed no hardware specifications, funding or timeline, and no Sunrise satellite has been built or launched.

Ecosystem functionThe largest orbital compute proposal ever filed by satellite count, and the one with the widest gap between regulatory ambition and disclosed engineering.

Business modelOrbital compute constellation (filed)