# TeraWave

**Type:** Broadband satellite constellation  
**Parent:** Blue Origin  
**Status:** Announced, deployment planned  
**Scale:** 5,000+ satellites by end 2027  

## Overview
TeraWave is Blue Origin's broadband satellite constellation, announced in January 2026. It serves dual purposes: commercial broadband service and communications backbone for Project Sunrise orbital data centers.

## Technical Architecture
- **Communications:** Optical inter-satellite links
- **Launch vehicle:** New Glenn 9×4 variant
- **Deployment schedule:** 5,000+ satellites by end 2027

## Strategic Role
TeraWave functions as an anchor tenant for New Glenn manufacturing ramp, providing commercial demand independent of government contracts. The constellation also provides the communications infrastructure for Project Sunrise orbital compute nodes.

## Timeline
- **2026-01** — TeraWave constellation announced
- **2026-03** — Project Sunrise filing references TeraWave as primary communications backbone

## Context
Announced one month before SpaceX's orbital compute FCC filing and two months before Blue Origin's Project Sunrise filing, suggesting rapid strategic response to competitive moves in the orbital infrastructure space.