Yet another satellite megaconstellation is in the works, this one from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.<\/p>\n
The Washington-based aerospace company announced today (Jan. 21) that it plans to build a network called TeraWave, which will consist of 5,280 satellites in low Earth orbit<\/a> (LEO) and 128 a bit higher up, in medium Earth orbit (MEO).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “This network will service tens of thousands of enterprise, data center and government users who require reliable connectivity for critical operations,” Blue Origin<\/a> said in an X post today<\/a>.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n As that post notes, TeraWave is targeting a customer base of big businesses and government agencies \u2014 organizations that want or need very high-throughput communications services.<\/p>\n TeraWave’s LEO satellites will deliver speeds of up to 144 gigabits per second using radio frequency links, according to a Blue Origin statement<\/a>. And the MEO spacecraft will be even more capable, using lasers to provide speeds of up to 6 terabits per second.<\/p>\n “TeraWave addresses the unmet needs of customers who are seeking higher throughput, symmetrical upload\/download speeds, more redundancy and rapid scalability,” Blue Origin’s statement reads. “It enables customers to choose throughput and physical presence in response to changes in their needs.”<\/p>\n Blue Origin plans to start building out the constellation in the fourth quarter of 2027.<\/p>\n What makes TeraWave different? It is purpose-built for enterprise customers. Unmatched speeds of up to 6 Tbps through a multi-orbit constellation of 5,280 LEO and 128 MEO satellites with both RF and optical links. Globally distributed customers can each access up to 144 Gbps of\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/xByEivptBA pic.twitter.com\/Se07aUhgy2January 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n A number of other satellite-internet megaconstellations are under construction. SpaceX’s Starlink<\/a>, for example, already services customers around the globe using a network of more than 9,500 satellites<\/a> (and that number is growing all the time).<\/p>\n Two Chinese megaconstellations \u2014 Guowang<\/a> (“National Network”) and Qianfan<\/a> (“Thousand Sails”) \u2014 are under construction in LEO as well. Both will eventually consist of more than 13,000 spacecraft, if all goes according to plan.<\/p>\n And Amazon, which Bezos founded back in 1994, is assembling a 3,200-satellite network in LEO called, appropriately enough, Amazon Leo (though it was initially named Project Kuiper<\/a>). Like Starlink, Amazon Leo is tailored more to everyday residential users.<\/p>\n