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“Project Quartz” satellite ground station network teased by Blue Origin president
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Jeff Bezos' satellite firm Blue Origin looks set to develop its own portfolio of ground station sites to support its upcoming fleet of satellites.
Key facts
- On April 20, Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket from Launch Complex 36, successfully reaching orbit, however, its payload, AST SpaceMobile’s Bluebird 7, was subsequently placed
- Following recent approvals with the FCC, Amazon can expand to a total of 7,700 satellites, up from the 3,236 agreed in 2020
- Salvatore “Tory” Bruno joined Blue Origin at the turn of the year, having served as the president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA) from August 2014 to December 2025, having worked
- As of the April 15 United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V launch, the constellation comprises 241 active satellites
Summary
Tory Bruno, president of the Blue National Security Group within Blue Origin, has shared AI-modified images depicting early construction efforts for “Project Quartz” on X, a brand new ground station and operation center network planning the globe being rolled out by the company. The imagery appears to depict a large white radome, and another showing a concrete base before an ocean view, which he confirmed to be on an island in Bermuda in the replies. “We are looking at an environment with 10,000s of spacecraft in orbit,” Bruno explained in another reply. Bruno described Project Quartz as a Blue Origin initiative and said Project Quartz would serve the company's TeraWave constellation.