Blue Origin just dropped a major play in the satellite internet wars. Jeff Bezos' space company unveiled TeraWave, a satellite network designed specifically for enterprise, data center, and government customers, capable of delivering data speeds up to 6 terabits per second. The announcement positions Blue Origin as a direct competitor to SpaceX's Starlink, but with a completely different target market and dramatically faster speeds aimed at businesses and institutions rather than everyday consumers.
Blue Origin just made its boldest move yet into satellite infrastructure. The company announced TeraWave, a satellite internet network capable of delivering data speeds up to 6 terabits per second, targeting enterprise, data center, and government customers who've been frustrated with existing broadband solutions. The announcement comes straight from Blue Origin's new TeraWave website and represents the company's most direct challenge yet to SpaceX's Starlink, which has dominated the satellite internet space with over 9 million customers.
The speed differential alone tells you how different these networks are. SpaceX's Starlink currently tops out at 400 Mbps, though the company has announced plans for upgraded satellites offering 1 Gbps in the future. TeraWave's 6Tbps capability represents a generational leap, though the architecture is completely different. Blue Origin will deploy a constellation of 5,280 satellites in low-Earth orbit equipped with RF connectivity providing up to 144 Gbps, combined with 128 medium-Earth orbit satellites using optical links to hit that 6Tbps threshold. First deployments are planned for late 2027, though the company hasn't disclosed timelines for full constellation buildout.
What's striking about this announcement is how explicitly Blue Origin has positioned TeraWave as an enterprise play. "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," Blue Origin told TechCrunch. That language is deliberately distant from the consumer broadband narrative that's defined Starlink's marketing. TeraWave is positioning itself as infrastructure for data centers, corporations, and governments - the kinds of customers who need reliable, redundant connectivity that can scale across geographically distributed operations.
This also reveals an interesting divergence between Jeff Bezos' two space-related companies. Just a few months ago, , which consists of around 3,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit designed to offer traditional broadband speeds to consumers. Leo is Amazon's play for the consumer and commercial (think: airlines, shipping companies) markets. TeraWave is Blue Origin's answer to something different entirely - the ultra-high-speed enterprise backbone market. Together, these two networks create a pincer movement against Starlink's dominance, even if they're targeting different market segments.
