Blue Origin's Satellite Internet Network TeraWave Will Move Data At 6 Tbps (techcrunch.com)
(Thursday January 22, 2026 @05:00AM (BeauHD)
from the space-based-networks dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/01/22/0044240/blue-origins-satellite-internet-network-terawave-will-move-data-at-6-tbps
- Source link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/blue-origins-satellite-internet-network-terawave-will-move-data-at-6tbps/
Blue Origin has [1]unveiled an enterprise-focused satellite internet network called TeraWave, which [2]promises up to 6 Tbps speeds via a mixed low- and medium-Earth orbit constellation. TechCrunch reports:
> The TeraWave constellation will use a mix of 5,280 satellites in low-Earth orbit and 128 in medium-Earth orbit, and Blue Origin plans to deploy the first ones in late 2027. It's not immediately clear how long Blue Origin expects it will take to build out the whole network. The low-Earth orbit satellites Blue Origin is building will use RF connectivity and have a max data transfer speed of 144 Gbps, while the medium-Earth variety will use an optical link that can achieve the much higher 6 Tbps speed. For reference, SpaceX's Starlink currently maxes out at 400 Mbps -- though it plans to launch upgraded satellites that will offer [3]1 Gbps data transfer in the future.
"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. TeraWave solves for these problems," Blue Origin said in a statement.
[1] https://www.blueorigin.com/terawave
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/blue-origins-satellite-internet-network-terawave-will-move-data-at-6tbps/
[3] https://www.pcmag.com/news/big-win-for-spacex-as-fcc-clears-it-to-upgrade-starlink-with-gigabit-speeds?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=B
> The TeraWave constellation will use a mix of 5,280 satellites in low-Earth orbit and 128 in medium-Earth orbit, and Blue Origin plans to deploy the first ones in late 2027. It's not immediately clear how long Blue Origin expects it will take to build out the whole network. The low-Earth orbit satellites Blue Origin is building will use RF connectivity and have a max data transfer speed of 144 Gbps, while the medium-Earth variety will use an optical link that can achieve the much higher 6 Tbps speed. For reference, SpaceX's Starlink currently maxes out at 400 Mbps -- though it plans to launch upgraded satellites that will offer [3]1 Gbps data transfer in the future.
"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. TeraWave solves for these problems," Blue Origin said in a statement.
[1] https://www.blueorigin.com/terawave
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/blue-origins-satellite-internet-network-terawave-will-move-data-at-6tbps/
[3] https://www.pcmag.com/news/big-win-for-spacex-as-fcc-clears-it-to-upgrade-starlink-with-gigabit-speeds?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=B
Wall-E (Score:2)
by Petersko ( 564140 )
That shot of the probe transport leaving earth is starting to seem prophetic.
Blue Origin's Satellite Internet Network TeraWave (Score:1)
I have to wonder how those clients who need "enterprise-grade internet access with higher speeds, symmetrical upload/download speeds" will deal with the latencies and security overhead of satellite links.
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That's why they have 2 tiers, I guess?
Lower latency for most applications, higher throughput for bulk. Syncing datacenters usually isn't time critical and land lines with these characteristics are hideously expensive.
I have a friend in shipping, and they use a really slow legacy satellite network which makes connectivity slow and expensive. Ships nowadays are in constant contact with the shore, and ships are just one use case. There's also the military, airplanes, deserts, dictatorships, etc. Starlink prove
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For commercial users they will want to reserve a certain amount of bandwidth or guarantee a certain maximum latency, so it seems like they have a decent reason to exist along side other constellations.
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They will deal with it as they have done so far: if the service is better than the ones that came before, they sign up.