{"id":711690,"date":"2026-01-21T22:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/711690\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T22:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:08:12","slug":"bezos-blue-origin-debuts-satellite-service-to-rival-spacex-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/711690\/","title":{"rendered":"Bezos’ Blue Origin debuts satellite service to rival SpaceX, Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Bezos holds the aviation glasses that belonged to Amelia Earhart as he speaks during a press conference about his flight on Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard into space, in Van Horn, Texas, July 20, 2021.<\/p>\n

Joe Raedle | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Jeff Bezos<\/a>‘ space venture Blue Origin<\/a> announced Wednesday it plans to deploy 5,408 satellites into space<\/a> for a communications network that will take on SpaceX<\/a> and Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The network, called TeraWave, is targeted for enterprise, data center and government users. <\/p>\n

The company said it will provide data speeds of “up to 6 terabits per second” from satellites positioned in low Earth orbit and medium Earth orbit, regions of space that are between 100 miles and 21,000 miles from the Earth’s surface. <\/p>\n

Blue Origin said it expects to begin deploying its constellation in the fourth quarter of 2027. <\/p>\n

Bezos is entering an increasingly crowded satellite internet market that’s currently dominated by Starlink, a service operated by Elon Musk<\/a>‘s SpaceX. Starlink has more than 9,000 satellites in orbit and roughly 9 million customers. <\/p>\n

Amazon, which Bezos founded in 1994, has also ramped up its own offering<\/a> in the past year. The service recently rebranded from Project Kuiper to Leo<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The company has sent up 180 satellites since last April through a series of rocket launches handled by partners such as United Launch Alliance and SpaceX. <\/p>\n

Several future deployments<\/a> are expected to be handled by Blue Origin. <\/p>\n

Amazon aims to build a constellation of 3,236 low Earth satellites that will serve businesses, governments and consumers. Last November, the company opened up<\/a> an “enterprise preview” to select users ahead of a broader commercial launch. <\/p>\n

Bezos predicted in 2024<\/a> that Blue Origin would one day be a bigger company than Amazon. He founded Blue Origin in 2000, and Dave Limp, Amazon’s former devices boss, serves as its CEO. <\/p>\n

“I think it’s going to be the best business that I’ve ever been involved in, but it’s going to take a while,” Bezos said in a 2024 interview at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit.<\/p>\n

Blue Origin is primarily a rocket launch company, flying tourists and research to the edge of space on short trips. Last January, the startup notched a major milestone when it successfully launched its towering New Glenn<\/a> rocket for the first time, though it was unable to return the rocket’s booster back to a barge for reuse. Blue Origin nailed the landing<\/a> of its New Glenn rocket booster last November following the successful launch of a pair of NASA spacecraft. <\/p>\n

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