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TeraWaveBlue Origin—Blue Origin announces TeraWave, a LEO/MEO constellation with 5,408 optically linked satellites targeting 6 Tbps aggregate and 144 Gbps per customerProject SunriseBlue Origin—Blue Origin files FCC application for Project Sunrise, a constellation of 51,600+ sun-synchronous compute satellitesBlue MoonBlue Origin—Blue Moon MK1 'Endurance' completes thermal-vacuum testing in Chamber A at NASA JohnsonBlue MoonBlue Origin—NASA details Artemis III: the Orion crew will dock with Blue Moon MK1 in Earth orbit and open its hatchNew GlennBlue Origin—Blue Origin traces the May New Glenn explosion to the main oxygen valve on one BE-4 engineBlue MoonBlue Origin—Blue Origin expects the MK1 lunar landing mission in Q1 2027, after the New Glenn pad explosionMars Telecommunications Network OrbiterBlue Origin—NASA awards Blue Origin $700 million fixed-price contract to deliver Mars Telecommunications Network orbiter by end of 2028New GlennBlue Origin—New Glenn explodes during a static-fire test, heavily damaging Launch Complex 36New GlennBlue Origin—New Glenn launches NASA's ESCAPADE Mars probes and lands its booster on JacklynBlue RingBlue Origin—Blue Ring scheduled to launch with Scout Space domain awareness sensorNew GlennBlue Origin—NG-3 reflies a booster, but an upper-stage anomaly leaves AST's BlueBird 7 in an unusable orbitNew ShepardBlue Origin—Blue Origin pauses New Shepard flights for at least two years to focus on lunar landersOrbital ReefBlue Origin—Sierra Space appoints Dan Jablonsky as CEONew GlennBlue Origin—Blue Origin announces New Glenn 9×4, a larger variant with nine first-stage and four upper-stage enginesBlue MoonBlue Origin—Blue Origin says Blue Moon MK1 is in final assembly and pitches a faster, incremental plan for Artemis IIIBlue Origin—Former ULA CEO Tory Bruno joins Blue Origin

Project Sunrise

by Blue OriginUS

Offer cost-competitive compute as alternative to terrestrial data centers.

ProtoStage 2 of 5

FCC filing March 2026; launch on New Glenn begins 2027.

Updated Mar 2026Checked 11 Oct0 updates this week

Milestones

Next · First Sunrise satellites launched on New Glenn
  1. FCC filing submitted for Project Sunrise constellationMar 2026Complete.
  2. First Sunrise satellites launched on New GlennTarget 2027Not yet reached.
  3. Constellation initial operating capabilityTarget 2029Not yet reached.

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  1. 2027First Sunrise satellites launched on New Glenn (next)
  2. 2029Constellation initial operating capability
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