{"id":14869,"date":"2026-02-01T00:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spacex-seeks-federal-approval-to-launch-1-million-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:09:12","slug":"spacex-seeks-federal-approval-to-launch-1-million-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spacex-seeks-federal-approval-to-launch-1-million-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar-powered satellite data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX has filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to launch a constellation of up to 1 million solar-powered satellites that it said will serve as data centers for artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company&rsquo;s filing lays out a grandiose vision, not just describing these planned satellites as &ldquo;the most efficient way to meet the accelerating demand for AI computing power&rdquo; but also framing them as &ldquo;a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;one that can harness the Sun&rsquo;s full power&rdquo; while also&nbsp; &ldquo;ensuring humanity&rsquo;s multi-planetary future amongst the stars.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Verge argued that the 1 million satellite number is unlikely to be approved outright and is probably meant as a starting point for negotiations. The FCC recently gave SpaceX permission to launch an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites, but said it would &ldquo;defer authorization on the remaining 14,988&rdquo; proposed satellites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are currently arond man-made 15,000 satellites orbiting the Earth, according to the European Space Agency, and they&rsquo;re already creating issues with pollution and debris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The filing also comes as Amazon &mdash; citing a lack of rockets &mdash; is seeking an extension on an FCC deadline to have more than 1,600 satellites in orbit. Meanwhile, SpaceX is reportedly considering a merger with two of Elon Musk&rsquo;s other companies, Tesla and xAI (which already merged with X), ahead of going public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar-powered satellite data centers<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX has filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to launch a constellation of up to 1 million solar-powered satellites that it said will serve as data centers for artificial intelligence. The company&rsquo;s filing lays out a grandiose vision, not just describing these planned satellites as &ldquo;the most efficient way to meet the accelerating&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/spacex-seeks-federal-approval-to-launch-1-million-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;SpaceX seeks federal approval to launch 1 million solar-powered satellite data centers&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}