Blue Origin will launch a satellite network to serve governments and data centers

New York.- Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced this Wednesday that it plans to launch a network of 5,408 satellites by the end of 2027 to provide high-speed internet service to governments, data centers and companies.

The satellite network, called TeraWave, is designed to offer “symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second anywhere on Earth” and serve “thousands” of customers who need “stable connectivity for critical operations,” according to a statement.

Most of TeraWave’s satellites will be located in low Earth orbit, where they will offer a data transfer speed of 144 gigabits per second, and nearly a hundred will be in medium orbit, where they can reach up to 6 terabits per second, the note details.

Bezos’ company thus enters the satellite constellation market, where the leader is SpaceX, the space firm of magnate Elon Musk, whose Starlink network has about 9,000 satellites and 9 million customers, including individuals, companies and governments.

Amazon, Bezos’ other company, also integrates that sector with the Leo satellite broadband network, formerly called Project Kuiper, which offers services similar to those of Starlink and has deployed fewer than 200 devices, although it plans to launch about 3,200.

Blue Origin and SpaceX, led by two of the world’s richest men, are competitors in the space domain, the former with its New Glenn rocket and the latter with the Starship, and they are vying for notable contracts with the U.S. Government.