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Amazon takes a swipe at Elon Musk, says SpaceX flouting regulations

Musk's SpaceX and Bezos's Kuiper Systems are before the FCC with rival satellite constellations in low-earth orbit to provide broadband internet access.

Bezos stepped down as Amazon.com’s chief executive officer in July but retains a role as executive chairman focused on new projects and initiatives.
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Bezos stepped down as Amazon.com’s chief executive officer in July but retains a role as executive chairman focused on new projects and initiatives. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Justin Bachman | Bloomberg
The cosmic carping between billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is moving from the moon to low-earth orbit.
Amazon.com Inc.’s satellite subsidiary, Kuiper Systems LLC, filed a scathing comment with the Federal Communications Commission, accusing Musk and his companies of flouting regulations with a general attitude that “rules are for other people.”

Musk’s SpaceX and Bezos’s Kuiper Systems are before the FCC with rival satellite constellations in low-earth orbit to provide broadband internet access. The dispute mirrors similar sniping between SpaceX and Bezos’s Blue Origin LLC space company over a NASA contract to build and demonstrate a human lander system for a

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