Bezos’ Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites for new ‘TeraWave’ communications network

January 22, 2026 11:52 AM

Bezos’ Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites for new ‘TeraWave’ communications network

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into a satellite constellation market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Deployment of satellites is planned to begin in the last quarter of 2027, Blue Origin said, adding the network is designed to have "data speeds of up to 6 Tbps anywhere on Earth." That speed, possible with the satellites' planne...

Blue Origin to fly Katy Perry to edge of space with all-female crew

April 14, 2025 4:07 PM

Blue Origin to fly Katy Perry to edge of space with all-female crew

Pop star Katy Perry, along with five other women, is set to make history by traveling to the edge of space on Monday evening aboard Jeff Bezos’ aerospace venture Blue Origin’s tourist mission. The six-member crew is scheduled to lift off on the company’s reusable New Shepard rocket — NS-31 — from Launch Site One in West Texas at 8:30 a.m. CDT (7:00 p.m. IST). This marks the 11th human flight to suborbital space by Blue Origin. The journey will last approximately 11 minutes and reac...