Orbital Data Center Programs
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| Hanwha Systems space AI data center plan | Prime contractor | Concept | 1 | Group plan announced: KRW 55T by 2040, about KRW 20T to Hanwha Systems | 64 SAR satellites operational (data source for the orbital data center) | Not disclosed | ||
| HPE Spaceborne Computer | Big tech | Payload demo flown | 4 | Upgraded SBC-2 to the ISS on NG-20 with over 130 TB of flash | — | Not disclosed | ||
| IBM and Red Hat (orbital software) | Supplier | Payload demo flown | 4 | RHEL 10.1 deployment on Voyager Space Edge (ISS) announced | — | Not disclosed | ||
| K2 Space | Supplier | Concept | 1 | Gravitas (first Mega class, 20 kW) launched and operating | Operational commercial and national security constellations begin deployment | Not disclosed | ||
| Kepler Communications (Kepler Compute) | Startup | Operational service | 7 | Compute opened to commercial customers | Next tranche across multiple launches, including a dedicated Rocket Lab launch, with up to 100 Gbps links | Not disclosed | ||
| KP Labs (Leopard DPU) | Supplier | Own satellite flown | 5 | Collaboration with Parsimoni (Leopard plus SpaceOS) | Leopard DPU on ESA OPS-SAT VOLT | Not disclosed | ||
| Lonestar Data Holdings | Startup | Payload demo flown | 4 | NASA Ames Space Act Agreement | First StarVault storage payload on Sidus LizzieSat-4 (Bandwagon-6) | USD 5 million | ||
| Madari Space | Startup | Concept | 1 | MoU with INNOSPACE (Korea) at Dubai Airshow | Pilot data center payload launch | Not disclosed | ||
| Meta (adjacent: Space Llama, space solar) | Big tech | Concept | 1 | Reserves up to 1 GW of space solar power from Overview Energy | Overview Energy orbital demonstration (supplier milestone) | Not disclosed | ||
| Microsoft Azure Space (orbital edge precursors) | Big tech | Payload demo flown | 4 | Space Compass and Microsoft ship-detection demo cuts downlink by 98.1% | — | Not disclosed | ||
| Muon Space (Condor-Ultra bus) | Supplier | Concept | 1 | Condor-Ultra platform unveiled | Condor-Ultra pathfinder delivery | Not disclosed | ||
| NVIDIA Space Computing | Supplier | Payload demo flown | 4 | Joins Starcloud's Series A extension | Space-1 Vera Rubin Module availability | Not disclosed | ||
| OpenAI (skeptic) | Big tech | Concept | 1 | Altman: focused on building on Earth for now | — | Not disclosed | ||
| Orbital | Startup | Concept | 1 | Reflex Aerospace selected as exclusive satellite platform partner | Pathfinder: hosted GPU payload on a Falcon 9 rideshare | USD 5 million | ||
| Orbital Chenguang (Beijing space data center) | Startup | Own satellite flown | 5 | Pre-A+ round led by Yuande Capital (amount undisclosed) | First computing constellation and key technologies | Not disclosed | ||
| OrbitsEdge | Startup | Ground prototype | 3 | Syntilay and Copernic first orbital mission announced for early 2026 | Approximate | Edge1 first orbital mission | Not disclosed | |
| Pixxel and Sarvam AI Pathfinder | Startup | Concept | 1 | Partnership for an orbital data centre satellite announced | Launch Pathfinder | Not disclosed | ||
| Planet Labs | Supplier | Own satellite flown | 5 | Launched the Suncatcher demo satellite with 19 other Planet satellites on Transporter-18 | Pair of Suncatcher satellites with Google | Not disclosed | ||
| PowerBank and Smartlink AI (Orbit AI) | Startup | Concept | 1 | Genesis-1 launch claimed (company release; unverified) | 5 to 8 more satellites | Not disclosed | ||
| Ramon.Space | Supplier | Ground prototype | 3 | Expanded Ingrasys partnership for orbital data center infrastructure | Fly early samples | Not disclosed |
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- SpaceNexus — Orbital data center programs (CSV): SpaceNexus compilation of orbital data center programs from public sources (CC BY 4.0); every fact cites its source.