Bezos Gets First Paying Customer for Blue Origin Rocket
- France-based Eutelsat holds out prospect of revenue stream
- Deal pits Blue Origin against Musk’s SpaceX already in market
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Blue Origin LLC, the space company owned by Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, recruited its first paying customer after relying on its billionaire founder’s deep pockets for more than 16 years.
French satellite operator Eutelsat Communications SA signed on as the first client of Blue Origin’s New Glenn orbital rocket as it prepares for more powerful launches early in the next decade.