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Photo: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / Getty ImagesPart OfThe space race heats up: all the news on the latest rocket launchessee all updates Richard LawlerCloseRichard LawlerPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed.FollowFollowSee All by Richard Lawler is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget.SpaceX has the most internet-beaming satellites in its constellation, but the competition is coming, and now Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, has announced the TeraWave network. It says TeraWave will offer bandwidth of up to 6Tb available anywhere on Earth, for both upload and download.The only wrinkle? Even after satellite deployments are scheduled to start near the end of 2027, you probably won’t be able to connect directly. That’s by design, as former Amazon Alexa boss and current Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in a post that it’s “purpose-built for enterprise customers.”The layers of TeraWave’s internet satellites. Image: Blue OriginBlue Origin’s network has a “multi-orbit” design of 5,408 optically connected satellites. 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Blue Origin’s TeraWave promises 6Tb uploads | The Verge

Blue Origin, backed by Jeff Bezos, is developing TeraWave, a satellite internet network with the ambitious goal of offering up to 6 terabits per second of data transfer, both for uploads and downloads. This network is designed for enterprise customers, including data centers and government agencies. The core of TeraWave’s design involves a “multi-orbit” configuration with 5,408 satellites. While most of these satellites will operate in low-Earth orbit and connect to ground users via wireless connections up to 144Gbps, a supplementary 128 satellites will reside in medium-Earth orbit, potentially facilitating bidirectional connections reaching 6Tbps – a significant leap beyond current satellite internet offerings. Notably, Blue Origin differentiates itself by targeting a smaller customer base of approximately 100,000, focusing on critical operations for data centers and government users, in contrast to Starlink’s broader, more mass-market approach. This strategy aims to deliver reliable connectivity for operations demanding high bandwidth, managed by Dave Limp, Blue Origin’s current CEO and formerly the head of Amazon’s Alexa division. The network’s design indicates an intent to be a specialized and premium solution geared toward demanding users rather than a general-purpose internet service.