FCC Chair Brendan Carr rejected Amazon.com's criticism of SpaceX's plan to launch a constellation of up to 1 million satellites, saying Amazon should focus on its own launch program. Carr told Reuters Amazon should "get its house in order" rather than fault companies already launching at SpaceX's pace. Amazon's satellite arm, Amazon Leo, filed formal comments with the FCC raising concerns about the proposal.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr Fires Back at Amazon Over SpaceX's 1 Million-Satellite Plan
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr speaks during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2025 Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 9, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon
WASHINGTON, March 11 — Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr dismissed Amazon.com's objections to Elon Musk's SpaceX proposal to deploy a constellation of up to 1 million satellites.
"I think Amazon should focus on getting Amazon's house in order with their own launches and their own satellite constellation, rather than worrying about other people that are actually out there launching satellites at the pace and cadence that SpaceX is," Carr told Reuters in an interview.
On Friday, Amazon's satellite unit, Amazon Leo, filed comments with the FCC raising concerns about the SpaceX plan. Carr's remarks were a direct rebuttal to those objections and underscored his view that SpaceX has been actively launching satellites at a rapid pace.
Context: The exchange highlights mounting competition over plans to deploy very large low-Earth-orbit broadband constellations. Regulators, industry players and other stakeholders are weighing issues such as orbital congestion, spectrum coordination and launch schedules as companies seek approval and scale their networks.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)
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