The TeraWave satellite constellation will begin to deploy from Q4 2027.

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is taking on the likes of SpaceX and Amazon by joining the satellite internet service race.

The new network, called TeraWave, will use a constellation of 5,408 satellites, with 5,280 in low Earth orbit (LEO) and 128 in medium Earth orbit, the company said.

The satellites are set to be deployed from Q4 2027. Blue Origin claims that TeraWave will deliver connection speeds of up to 6Tbps anywhere on Earth.

Bezos’s other big venture, Amazon, has its own satellite internet service called Leo, formerly known as Project Kuiper. Last year, Amazon began to preview Leo to select enterprise customers. It is expected to be rolled out more widely this year.

Leo’s initial satellite constellation design aims to have more than 3,000 satellites in space. Since April 2025, Amazon has deployed 180 satellites through a series of rocket launches handled by United Launch Alliance and SpaceX.

Leo is planning its next launch, with 32 satellites on Arianespace’s Ariane 6 rocket, for next month.

In 2024, Bezos claimed that Blue Origin will one day be bigger than Amazon. “I think it’s going to be the best business that I’ve ever been involved in, but it’s going to take a while,” he said at the time.

Market estimates suggest that the satellite internet service industry could grow to more than $37.6bn by 2034. Currently, the sector is dominated by North American players – the biggest being SpaceX’s Starlink, with its 9,000-plus satellites and roughly 9m customers. Other major competitors include HughesNet and Viasat.

Europe, however, is catching up. Last week, the European satellite operator Eutelsat, behind the operational LEO constellation OneWeb, announced a deal with French space start-up MaiaSpace for future launches of its LEO satellites.

Last year, the Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile joint venture SatCo chose Germany as its main operations centre for its direct-to-device satellite broadband services.

Meanwhile, Bezos is reportedly taking on the co-CEO role at a new AI venture called Project Prometheus.

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