Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has introduced its satellite communications network designed to deliver data speeds up to 6 terabytes per second anywhere on Earth.
The network will compete directly against other SATCOM networks like Starlink and Eutelsat.
Called TeraWave, the network will be able to service tens of thousands of data center, government and enterprise users that need connectivity for operations.
TeraWave will consist of 5,408 optically interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO). Blue Origin said this design allows for high-throughput links between global hubs that can be distributed to multigigabit user connections.
This includes connections to remote, rural and suburban areas, where fiber paths may not exist or too costly or slow to deploy. Blue Origin will deploy enterprise-grade user and gateway terminals to provide additional route diversity and strengthen overall network resiliency, the company said.
The deployment is slated to begin starting in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Connectivity options
Blue Origin said that TeraWave will provide both point-to-point connectivity and enterprise-grade internet access targeted at users that need higher throughput, symmetrical upload/download speeds, higher redundancy and scalability.
The network will complement fiber backhaul with an architecture that includes both high performance RF and optical connectivity. Customers will be able to access speeds of up to 144 Gbps delivered using Q/V-band links from the 5,280 LEO/MEO satellites.
