

First Take: What We Think Blue Origin’s TeraWave Actually Is (and Isn’t)
Blue Origin’s TeraWave filing describes a space-based transport backbone, not a consumer or managed-access satellite network. Based on the FCC filings, TeraWave is best understood as a space-based alternative or complement to terrestrial and subsea fiber, designed to move very large volumes of data between fixed endpoints for enterprise and government users.
Quilty Space Editorial Board
4 days ago


BEAD’s Year-End Snapshot: Satellite, Subsidies, and What’s Still Unsettled
With California submitting one of the last remaining Benefit of the Bargain BEAD proposals in December, we now have a much clearer view of LEO satellite’s slim but strategically meaningful portion of the haul. Starlink and Amazon Leo together still account for just under 5% of all awarded dollars (~$1.04B of $20B) but cover ~20% of total BEAD locations.
Kimberly Siversen Burke
Jan 16





























