Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6 Tbps

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, has announced a new satellite internet initiative called TeraWave, a high-capacity network designed to transmit data at up to 6 terabits per second. The system is aimed at enterprise users, large data centres, and government customers rather than everyday consumers.

According to the company, the TeraWave constellation will include 5,280 satellites in low-Earth orbit alongside 128 satellites in medium-Earth orbit. Blue Origin expects to begin deploying the first satellites in late 2027, though it has not yet disclosed a timeline for completing the whole constellation. Low-Earth-orbit satellites will rely ontraditional radio-frequency (RF) links and support maximum data transfer rates of 144 Gbps. The medium-Earth-orbit satellites, meanwhile, will use optical communication links, enabling up to 6 Tbps of throughput. By comparison, SpaceX’s Starlink currently offers speeds of around 400 Mbps, although the company has said future satellite upgrades could raise that to 1 Gbps.

“TeraWave adds a space-based layer to your existing network infrastructure, providing connectivity to locations unreachable by traditional methods,” Blue Origin states on the newly launched website for the network.

The unveiling of TeraWave follows closely on the heels of a separate satellite internet announcement from another Bezos-linked company. Earlier this year, Amazon rebranded its own consumer-focused satellite initiative. That network, now known as Leo, is expected to consist of roughly 3,000 low-Earth orbit satellites and is designed to deliver more conventional broadband-style internet service.

Together, the two satellite systems could increase competitive pressure on SpaceX’s Starlink, which has established itself as the dominant satellite internet provider worldwide, with more than 9 million customers. Starlink currently offers service to individual consumers, commercial operators such as airlines, and government agencies.

Despite the shared ties to Bezos, Amazon’s Leo network and Blue Origin’s TeraWave project are positioned as distinct offerings targeting different market segments.

“We identified an unmet need with customers who were seeking enterprise-grade internet access with higher speeds, symmetrical upload and download performance, greater redundancy, and rapid scalability for their networks. TeraWave addresses those requirements,” Blue Origin said in a statement provided to TechCrunch.

Blue Origin has spent years developing multiple spaceflight and infrastructure programs and is widely known for its suborbital tourism missions aboard the New Shepard rocket. In recent years, however, the company has begun to establish itself as a broader commercial space operator.

In 2025, Blue Origin successfully launched its heavy-lift rocket, New Glenn, for the first time, repeating the achievement just months later. The company also managed to land the rocket’s booster stage on only its second attempt and carried its first commercial payload for NASA.

Looking ahead, Blue Origin plans to send a robotic lunar lander to the Moon on the third New Glenn launch scheduled for later this year. With the introduction of TeraWave, the company is now expanding its portfolio further, adding satellite manufacturing and network operations to its growing list of commercial space capabilities.