Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ rocky company, Blue Origin is all set to take on Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the company has announced the launch of its satellite internet service. Blue Origin has introduced a new communications network called TeraWave, directly challenging Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Amazon, the company Bezos himself founded in 1994. Deployment of the TeraWave constellation will begin in Q4 2027. The plans to deploy 5,408 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO), ranging between 100 miles and 21,000 miles above Earth’s surface.This multi-orbit design enables ultra-high-throughput links between global hubs and distributed, multigigabit user connections, particularly in remote, rural, and suburban areas where diverse fiber paths are costly, technically infeasible, or slow to deploy. The company further revealed that the network will deliver data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second, targeting enterprise, data center and givernemtn users rather than consumer households.“TeraWave addresses the unmet needs of customers who are seeking higher throughput, symmetrical upload/download speeds, more redundancy, and rapid scalability. It complements fiber backhaul with a unique architecture that delivers both high performance RF and optical connectivity,” said the company.
Blue Origin’s Techwave to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink
Bezos is making an entry to an already competitive market which is mainly dominated by Elon Musk’s satellite internet service Starlink. For those unaware, SpaceX’s satellite internet service already has more than 9,000 satellites in orbit and it roughly serves 9 millions customers across the globe. On the other hand, Amazon has accelerated its own satellite internet project, rebranding Project Kuiper as Leo last year. Amazon has launched 180 satellites since April 2025 through partners including United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, with several future deployments expected to be handled by Blue Origin itself. Amazon aims to build a constellation of 3,236 LEO satellites, serving businesses, governments, and eventually consumers.