Orbital Data Center Programs
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| CASC and CAST space computing plan | Prime contractor | Concept | 1 | CASC plan via CCTV: gigawatt-class space digital-intelligence infrastructure | Experimental 10 kW-class computing satellite (about 1,000 kg) | Not disclosed | ||
| Comospace, Hangsheng Satellite and Yanhe Technology compute demo | Consortium | Concept | 1 | — | Date not announced | Two-satellite high-power in-space compute demonstration | Not disclosed | |
| D-Orbit ION in-orbit computing | Supplier | Payload demo flown | 4 | AWS and Unibap edge computing run on an ION carrier | Approximate | — | Not disclosed | |
| Edge Aerospace (ESA Space Cloud) | Startup | Payload demo flown | 4 | Redwire to manufacture its DPUs and switches in the US under license | — | Not disclosed | ||
| Firefly Aerospace (lunar-orbit compute host) | Launch provider | Concept | 1 | Starcloud signed for lunar-orbit AI computing demo on Blue Ghost Mission 3 (Elytra) | Blue Ghost Mission 3 launch carrying SC-1L | Not disclosed | ||
| Google Project Suncatcher | Big tech | Own satellite flown | 5 | First Suncatcher prototype launched on Transporter-18; contact confirmed | Two-satellite mission testing inter-satellite laser links | Not disclosed | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 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 |
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