Bezos’ Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites to rival Musk’s Starlink

South China Morning PostCenter-RightEN 1 min read 100% complete by ReutersJanuary 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM

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Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space company, announced plans to launch 5,408 satellites to create a communications network called TeraWave. The network aims to serve data centers, governments, and businesses, rivaling SpaceX's Starlink. Deployment is scheduled to begin in late 2027, with the network designed to deliver data speeds up to 6 Tbps globally. This high-speed capability, enabled by optical communications, targets large-scale data processing and government programs, serving a maximum of 100,000 customers. The announcement comes amid a growing trend in the space industry to establish data centers in space to meet the increasing demands of AI data processing. This network is separate from Amazon's Project Kuiper, which involves 3,200 satellites providing internet access.

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Project Kuiper 40% Earth ×250% Amazon 60% Starlink ×270% SpaceX ×280% Elon Musk 80% Jeff Bezos ×290% Blue Origin ×4100%

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satellite constellation 100% blue origin 90% spacex starlink 80% data centers 70% data processing 60% optical communications 60% project kuiper 50% terawave 50% satellite deployment 40%

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