Orbital Data Center Programs
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| D-Orbit ION in-orbit computing | Supplier | Payload demo flown | 4 | AWS and Unibap edge computing run on an ION carrier | Approximate | — | 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 | ||
| ASCEND study (Thales Alenia Space-led) | Consortium | Funded study | 2 | Results: feasible if a launcher about 10x less emissive over its life cycle is developed | Continue the feasibility study to consolidate results | Not disclosed | ||
| SkyServe (STORM) | Startup | Payload demo flown | 4 | STORM deployed on Denali and Matterhorn missions | Approximate | — | 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 | ||
| Booz Allen Hamilton (LLMs on the ISS) | Prime contractor | Payload demo flown | 4 | Space Llama: fine-tuned Llama 3.2 on SBC-2 | — | Not disclosed | ||
| Relativity Space | Launch provider | Concept | 1 | Schmidt confirms on X that orbital data centers motivated the purchase | Approximate | — | Not disclosed | |
| OrbitsEdge | Startup | Ground prototype | 3 | Syntilay and Copernic first orbital mission announced for early 2026 | Approximate | Edge1 first orbital mission | Not disclosed | |
| Spacebilt | Supplier | Payload demo flown | 4 | Leads AxODC Node ISS design with Axiom | AxODC Node ISS delivery | Not disclosed | ||
| Madari Space | Startup | Concept | 1 | MoU with INNOSPACE (Korea) at Dubai Airshow | Pilot data center payload launch | 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 | ||
| Axiom Space Orbital Data Center | Startup | Payload demo flown | 4 | ODC Nodes 1 and 2 launched on Kepler Tranche 1 | AxODC Node ISS (petabyte-class, optical link) delivered to the ISS | Not disclosed | ||
| 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 | ||
| Amazon Web Services (orbital edge precursors) | Big tech | Payload demo flown | 4 | Starcloud says it will fly AWS Outposts hardware on Starcloud-2 | Approximate | — | Not disclosed | |
| 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 | |
| Ramon.Space | Supplier | Ground prototype | 3 | Expanded Ingrasys partnership for orbital data center infrastructure | Fly early samples | 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 | ||
| Atomic-6 (ODC.space) | Startup | Concept | 1 | ODC.space storefront reported | — | Not disclosed | ||
| 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 |
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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.