

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
21 hours 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
6 days ago





























