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Blue Origin unveils TeraWave — a 5,400‑satellite LEO/MEO optical constellation targeting up to 6 Tbps

Blue Origin announced TeraWave, a roughly 5,400‑satellite network of optically linked LEO and MEO spacecraft aimed at enterprise, data‑centre and government connectivity. Deployments are planned from late next year, and the company says the system will target up to 6 Tbps of aggregate capacity.

Discovered 2026-01-21T09:58:11.226590-08:00 | 2026-01-21T09:58:11.226590-08:00

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  • Blue Origin proposes a ~5,400‑satellite, optically linked LEO/MEO network targeting up to 6 Tbps of aggregate capacity — a scale and market focus that directly competes with SpaceX's Starlink and Amazon's Project Kuiper.

  • Deployments "from late next year" indicate an aggressive rollout timetable that will require substantial launch, spectrum and regulatory coordination; the announcement follows Blue Origin hiring for an orbital data‑centre push and other downstream cloud ambitions (see company hiring/strategy).

  • Positioning TeraWave at enterprise and data‑centre customers highlights the growing industry move to host high‑capacity compute and connectivity in orbit, a trend echoed by rival plans for on‑orbit processing and orbital data‑centre concepts (see related orbital data‑centre discussions).

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