Orbital Data Center Programs
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| 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 | ||
| Comospace, Hangsheng Satellite and Yanhe Technology compute demo | Consortium | Concept | 1 | — | Date not announced | Two-satellite high-power in-space compute demonstration | Not disclosed | |
| Starcloud | Startup | Own satellite flown | 5 | Firefly signs Starcloud SC-1L lunar-orbit compute payload | Two Starcloud-2 satellites (8 kW each) on rideshare | USD 433.4 million | ||
| TakeMe2Space | Startup | Own satellite flown | 5 | MOI-1A launched on Transporter-18 | Two 100 kg orbital data center satellites (NVIDIA Thor, 100 TB) on Falcon 9 | USD 5 million | ||
| Aethero | Startup | Own satellite flown | 5 | Titan mission on EnduroSat FRAME-15 announced for October 2026 | Titan: Jetson Thor compute cluster on EnduroSat FRAME-15 | USD 8.4 million | ||
| Altair constellation (Loft Orbital, Marlan Space, Orbitworks) | Consortium | Own satellite flown | 5 | Altair-1 launched on Transporter-18; signal acquired, commissioning | The other nine satellites of the first ten | Not disclosed | ||
| Blue Origin Project Sunrise | Launch provider | Concept | 1 | NASA objects to Project Sunrise at the FCC | TeraWave deployment begins (the backhaul Sunrise depends on) | Not disclosed | ||
| NVIDIA Space Computing | Supplier | Payload demo flown | 4 | Joins Starcloud's Series A extension | Space-1 Vera Rubin Module availability | Not disclosed | ||
| Astro Digital | Supplier | Payload demo flown | 4 | SPAC merger with Proem Acquisition Corp I announced | SPAC close and Nasdaq listing | Not disclosed | ||
| Apex (satellite buses) | Supplier | Concept | 1 | Selected by Sophia Space as bus supplier (Nova) | Sophia Space TILE demo on an Apex Nova bus | Not disclosed | ||
| Sophia Space | Startup | Concept | 1 | Memorandum of understanding with Redwire on orbital data center infrastructure | Sophia software (SOOS) running on Kepler satellites | USD 13.5 million | ||
| Cowboy Space Corporation | Startup | Concept | 1 | Reason-1 launched (power-beaming demonstration) | Reason-2: H200 GPUs and a laser data link | USD 325 million | ||
| Agnikul Cosmos and NeevCloud orbital edge data centers | Launch provider | Concept | 1 | Partnership announced for an orbital AI data centre platform | Approximate | Pilot launch (300 to 350 kg unit) | Not disclosed | |
| Madari Space | Startup | Concept | 1 | MoU with INNOSPACE (Korea) at Dubai Airshow | Pilot data center payload launch | Not disclosed | ||
| Tiansuan Constellation (BUPT) | Research lab | Pathfinder constellation | 6 | Reported at 16 LEO satellites and 7 ground stations, over 60 institutions supported | Approximate | Phase 2: 24 satellites; Phase 3: 300 satellites | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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