New Delhi, Jan. 23 -- So far, the global satellite internet market has been dominated by Elon Musk's Starlink, an arm of SpaceX. Its main rival, Eutelsat's OneWeb, has been trailing far behind, as has Amazon's Project Kuiper.

But Amazon founder Jeff Bezos looks set to surround the planet with satellites run by his rocket business, Blue Origin, whose TeraWave network plans to put 5,400 orbiters in orbit to offer internet services across the globe.

This number won't match Starlink's coverage, but it expects to set itself apart on speed. It aims to deliver data download and upload speeds as high as 6 terabits per second, aimed at enterprise, data centre and government customers.

Project Kuiper, though, hasn't given up its ambition of plac...