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SpaceX filed with the FCC in January 2026 for approval to launch up to one million orbital data center satellites, a proposal that astronomers say would contaminate nearly every telescope image taken from Earth or space and render ground-based astronomy non-viable. The plan, driven by the merger of SpaceX and xAI, promises solar-powered AI computing at scale but faces opposition from scientists, competitors like Amazon, and international astronomical organizations who warn that billions of dollars in existing observatory infrastructure would be effectively nullified.