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Blue Origin plans to achieve RF download and upload speeds up to 144 Gbps and optical link speeds up to 6 Tbps.
Blue Origin requested a waiver of FCC processing round rules for NGSO systems for the TeraWave filing, arguing the system is designed to share spectrum and would not preclude additional operators in the same band.
Blue Origin scheduled liftoff of New Shepard Mission NS-38 from Launch Site One in West Texas for Thursday, January 22 with a launch window opening at 9:30 a.m. EST.
Blue Origin targets customers seeking higher throughput, symmetrical upload/download speeds, more redundancy, and rapid scalability.
Blue Origin appointed former United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno as President of Blue Origin’s National Security Group.
Blue Origin assigned the name Endurance to the Blue Moon MK1 lander.
Blue Origin filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) outlining plans and rationale for the TeraWave constellation.
Blue Origin plans to begin deploying TeraWave in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Blue Origin is led by Dave Limp, a longtime Amazon executive who previously led Amazon Leo.
Blue Origin will begin deployment of its 5,408-satellite constellation in Q4 2027.
Blue Origin will stream the NS-38 launch starting 30 minutes before liftoff on the company’s website.
Phase 1 of Commercial LEO Destinations funded three partnerships through Space Act Agreements: Blue Origin/Sierra Space for Orbital Reef, Axiom Space for a modular station approach, and Voyager Space partnered with Airbus for Starlab.
Orbital Reef is designed to support 10 astronauts and provide docking capability for Blue Origin’s New Glenn launcher and Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane.
Blue Origin’s missions have carried a total of 92 people to date prior to NS-38.
Blue Origin used a portable, high-intensity loudspeaker array for DFAT instead of traditional shaker-table methods for the Blue Moon MK1.
Phase 1 incumbents Blue Origin/Sierra, Axiom, and Voyager/Airbus face competition from new entrants and must demonstrate technical maturity, financial viability, schedule realism, and the ability to attract non-NASA customers.
Blue Origin, led by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, scheduled the NS-38 suborbital flight for January 22, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. US Central Time (January 22, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. Japan Time).
Six passengers on Blue Origin’s NS-38 mission are Tim Drexler, Linda Edwards, Alain Fernandez, Alberto Gutiérrez, Jim Hendren, and Andrew Yaffe.
Blue Origin completed direct field acoustic testing (DFAT) on its Blue Moon MK1 lunar lander as a flight-qualification milestone.
Blue Origin’s New Glenn targets heavy-lift launches with per-launch costs in the $300–$500 million range.