Blue Origin’s Starlink competitor, TeraWave, promises uploads of up to 6TB

SpaceX has the most Internet-broadcasting satellites in its constellation, but competition is coming, and now Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, Announce the Terrawave network. It says TeraWave will provide up to 6TB of bandwidth available anywhere on Earth, for uploading and downloading.

The only wrinkle? Even after satellite deployments are scheduled to begin toward the end of 2027, you probably won’t be able to connect directly. This is by design, as former Amazon Alexa chief W.K Blue Origin’s current CEO is Dave Limp He said in a mail It is “designed specifically for enterprise customers.”

Blue Origin’s network has a “multi-orbit” design with 5,408 optically connected satellites. While most of it will be in low Earth orbit and connecting to customers on the ground via regular radio connections at speeds of up to 144 Gbps, it will also have 128 satellites in medium Earth orbit providing a 6TB two-way communications capability.

However, unlike Starlink and Amazon startups Liu Satellite Internetthe company plans to connect a maximum of about 100,000 customers, not millions, with plans to target “tens of thousands of enterprises, data centers, and government users who need reliable connectivity for critical operations.” Currently, Amazon is also eyeing the enterprise segment With Leo Ultra antennas Which promises 1 Gbps downloads and 400 Mbps uploads, while Starlink It is looking to roll out gigabit speeds this year.