Blue Origin selects Hutto Texas for new satellite manufacturing facility

Space systems manufacturer Blue Origin announced plans on October 8, 2026, to build a major satellite manufacturing complex in Hutto, Texas, known as Constellation Park. News outlets report differing figures for the cost of the project. SatNews reported that the facility will cost $550 million, while Construction Review put the figure at $555 million. Yahoo, KXAN Austin, and KVUE all reported the cost at $650 million. [1][2][3][4][5]

According to SatNews, the industrial complex will cover 120,000 square meters, or 1.3 million square feet, in central Texas. The facility is designed to support high-volume production for high-capacity space infrastructure projects. [1]

The announcement comes after founder Jeff Bezos confirmed on October 7 that Blue Origin opened to outside equity investors for the first time, as SatNews reported. The company is raising a $10 billion primary funding round ahead of a planned initial public offering. [1]

As FTMQ Space reported earlier, major commercial and international space operators are expanding low Earth orbit plans rapidly. Blue Origin previously proposed a constellation of 5,400 satellites, while Amazon plans to place more than 5,000 satellites into orbit. The surge in satellite megaconstellations has triggered severe component shortages and project delays across the space sector. [9]