Blue Origin has announced a satellite internet network called TeraWave, designed to provide data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second. The project targets enterprise, government, and data center customers.
The network will consist of 5,280 satellites in low-Earth orbit and 128 in medium-Earth orbit, with initial launches planned for late 2027. The timeline for full deployment has not been disclosed.
Low-Earth orbit satellites will use radio frequency (RF) connectivity and offer data transfer rates up to 144 gigabits per second, according to Blue Origin. Medium-Earth orbit satellites will use optical links capable of 6 terabits per second.
By comparison, SpaceX’s Starlink network currently offers speeds up to 400 megabits per second, with plans to upgrade its satellites to deliver 1 gigabit per second in the future.
“TeraWave adds a space-based layer to your existing network infrastructure, providing connectivity to locations unreachable by traditional methods,” the TeraWave website states.
The announcement follows a recent rebranding of Amazon’s consumer-oriented satellite network, now named Leo, which aims to deploy about 3,000 low-Earth orbit satellites to offer conventional broadband service.
Both TeraWave and Leo are separate initiatives. Blue Origin said in a statement: “We identified an unmet need with customers who were seeking enterprise-grade internet access with higher speeds, symmetrical upload/download speeds, more redundancy, and rapid scalability for their networks. TeraWave solves for these problems.”
Blue Origin, which previously focused on suborbital spaceflights through its New Shepard rocket, has expanded its commercial space activities. In 2025, it launched its New Glenn rocket and subsequently landed the booster stage on only its second attempt. It also delivered a commercial payload for NASA.
A third New Glenn launch this year is expected to carry a robotic lander to the moon. With TeraWave, Blue Origin adds satellite manufacturing and operations to its portfolio.
