Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, has announced a new satellite internet network called TeraWave, designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink. The announcement was made on Wednesday.
TeraWave will consist of 5,408 interconnected satellites in low Earth orbit, offering internet service to enterprise, data center, and government users. The network is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Blue Origin says TeraWave will deliver data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second anywhere on Earth—thousands of times faster than typical U.S. home internet speeds.
While Starlink currently has nine million users and around 9,300 satellites in orbit, TeraWave’s initial deployment will serve tens of thousands of users with fewer satellites.
The announcement comes shortly after Amazon rebranded its satellite project, Project Kuiper, as Amazon Leo. Leo will deploy more than 3,000 satellites, starting with 32 next month, targeting similar enterprise and government clients as TeraWave.
Satellite industry analysts note that TeraWave, Leo, and Starlink all overlap in their intended markets, signaling a competitive push among the world’s largest tech billionaires for satellite internet dominance.
