data/projects.csv

id,company,partners,project,category,hardware,launch_date,launch_date_text,launch_vehicle,launch_mission,status,scale,funding_public,norad_ids,auto_norad_ids,summary,source_urls,ll2_launch_id,verified_on
google-suncatcher-tpu-prototype,Google,"[""Planet""]",Project Suncatcher: first TPU prototype satellite,prototype satellite,4 Google Trillium-generation TPUs,2026-10-01,"1 Oct 2026, 18:32 UTC (Transporter-18)",SpaceX Falcon 9,"Transporter-18 rideshare, Vandenberg SLC-4E",in orbit,1 satellite,,[],[100902],"Google's first TPUs in orbit, on a prototype satellite developed with Planet. Launched 1 Oct 2026; Google says it has confirmed contact and the satellite is operating as expected. It will gather data on how the chips handle launch stress, radiation and thermal extremes in low Earth orbit.","[""https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/project-suncatcher-prototype/"", ""https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/"", ""https://gizmodo.com/googles-project-suncatcher-is-sending-ai-chips-into-space-next-week-2000816985"", ""https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/""]",67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79,2026-10-03
google-planet-suncatcher-pair,Google,"[""Planet""]",Project Suncatcher: two prototype satellites with cross-links,prototype satellites,Google TPUs (per satellite count not stated),,early 2027 (target),,,planned,2 satellites flying in tandem with high-bandwidth cross-links,,[],[],Planet builds and operates two prototype satellites for Google to test TPUs working together over high-bandwidth inter-satellite links.,"[""https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-to-build-and-operate-advanced-space-platform-for-project-suncatcher-moonshot/"", ""https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/""]",,2026-10-03
starcloud-1,Starcloud,"[""NVIDIA""]",Starcloud-1,in-orbit satellite,1 NVIDIA H100 GPU,2025-11-02,2 Nov 2025,SpaceX Falcon 9,Bandwagon-4 rideshare,in orbit,1 satellite,"$170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation (Mar 2026), led by Benchmark with EQT Ventures",[66303],[],First NVIDIA H100 in orbit; Starcloud reports it trained a small language model and ran a version of Gemini in space (Dec 2025).,"[""https://www.starcloud.com/starcloud-1"", ""https://celestrak.org/satcat/records.php?INTDES=2025-248"", ""https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170m-to-fund-orbital-data-center-plans/""]",,2026-10-03
starcloud-2,Starcloud,[],Starcloud-2,satellite,,,"later in 2026 (company, Mar 2026)",,,planned,"1 satellite; FCC filing for up to 88,000 satellites",$170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation (Mar 2026),[],[],"Second Starcloud satellite, to run commercial edge and cloud workloads; the company is seeking FCC approval for a system of up to 88,000 satellites.","[""https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170m-to-fund-orbital-data-center-plans/""]",,2026-10-03
crusoe-cloud-on-starcloud,Crusoe,"[""Starcloud""]",Crusoe Cloud on a Starcloud satellite,hosted cloud module,,,late 2026 (planned); GPU capacity from orbit by early 2027,,,planned,1 hosted module,,[],[],"Crusoe plans the first public cloud operating from orbit, on a Starcloud satellite.","[""https://telcomagazine.com/news/crusoe-and-starcloud-launch-a-cloud-in-orbit""]",,2026-10-03
spacex-orbital-data-center-constellation,SpaceX (with xAI),"[""xAI""]",Orbital data center constellation (FCC SAT-LOA-20260108-00016),constellation filing,,,FCC application filed 30 Jan 2026,,,filed,"up to 1,000,000 satellites, 500-2,000 km",,[],[],SpaceX asked the FCC for up to one million satellites operating as orbital data centers; announced alongside SpaceX's acquisition of xAI.,"[""https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/spacex_1m_satellite_datacenter/"", ""https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-113A1.pdf""]",,2026-10-03
spacex-starmind-ai1,SpaceX (with xAI),"[""NVIDIA""]",Starmind AI1: first-generation AI compute satellite,satellite,Space-optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 system (NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs),,"Q4 2027 (Musk, 24 Aug 2026); 'significant scale' in 2028",,,announced,"per AI1 satellite: 150 kW peak / about 120 kW average compute, 70 m wingspan, 20 m deployed height",,[],[],SpaceX's first-generation orbital data center satellite. SpaceX said on 4 Aug 2026 it is partnering with NVIDIA on the AI1 compute payload; NVIDIA's 24 Aug 2026 release says AI1 will be based on an optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale system. Musk gave Q4 2027 for the first launch to orbit. The wider constellation is the FCC filing tracked separately.,"[""https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/spacexai-adopts-nvidia-vera-cpu-to-accelerate-agentic-ai-at-massive-scale"", ""https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/with-nvidia-on-board-spacex-orbital-data-centers-to-hit-significant-scale-in-2028"", ""https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/elon-musk-says-spacex-will-build-exclusively-with-nvidia-touts-space-based-ai-servers-211803293.html"", ""https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/spacex-nvidia-starmind-ai1-compute-payload"", ""https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/article/spacex-reveals-its-first-orbital-data-center-much-simpler-than-a-starlink-satellite-musk-says-141110185.html""]",,2026-10-03
blue-origin-project-sunrise,Blue Origin,[],Project Sunrise,constellation filing,,,FCC application filed March 2026,,,filed,"up to 51,600 satellites in sun-synchronous orbits",,[],[],"Blue Origin filed with the FCC for a constellation of up to 51,600 satellites delivering compute capacity for AI.","[""https://www.engadget.com/science/space/blue-origin-also-wants-to-put-ai-data-centers-in-space-115614142.html""]",,2026-10-03
orbital-inc-100k-filing,Orbital,[],Orbital data center constellation (FCC request),constellation filing,,,FCC request reported 30 Jun 2026; first launch not stated,,,filed,"up to 100,000 satellites; 10 GW compute target",,[],[],"Tampa, Florida startup (about five months old at filing) asking the FCC to deploy up to 100,000 data center satellites for 10 GW of computing power.","[""https://spacenews.com/orbital-files-plans-for-100000-orbital-data-centers/""]",,2026-10-03
axiom-odc-nodes-kepler,Axiom Space,"[""Kepler Communications""]",Orbital data center nodes (first two),hosted compute nodes,commercial off-the-shelf compute with 2.5 Gbps optical links,2026-01-11,11 Jan 2026,SpaceX Falcon 9,with the first tranche of Kepler's optical relay network,in orbit,2 nodes,,[],[],"Axiom's first two orbital data center nodes, launched with Kepler Communications' optical relay satellites. Which host satellites carry them is not public, so no NORAD IDs are listed.","[""https://www.axiomspace.com/orbital-data-center""]",,2026-10-03
axiom-axdcu-1-iss,Axiom Space,"[""Red Hat""]",Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1) on the ISS,space station payload,Red Hat Device Edge compute unit,,fall 2025 (deployed to the ISS),,,deployed,1 unit,,[],[],Axiom's data center prototype aboard the International Space Station.,"[""https://www.axiomspace.com/orbital-data-center""]",,2026-10-03
ada-space-three-body-constellation,ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab,[],Three-Body Computing Constellation (first 12 satellites),in-orbit constellation,on-board AI processors (per-satellite specs not in source),2025-05-14,14 May 2025,Long March 2D,Jiuquan,in orbit,"12 satellites launched; 2,800 planned",,"[63982, 63983, 63984, 63985, 63986, 63987, 63988, 63989, 63990, 63991, 63992, 63993]",[],"China's first batch of computing satellites for a planned 2,800-satellite on-orbit computing constellation.","[""https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-of-2800-satellites-for-ai-space-computing-constellation/"", ""https://celestrak.org/satcat/records.php?INTDES=2025-100""]",,2026-10-03
takeme2space-moi-1a,TakeMe2Space,[],MOI-1a in-orbit compute satellite,in-orbit satellite,"117 TOPS onboard compute, 2 TB storage, nine-band multispectral imager",2026-10-01,"1 Oct 2026, 18:32 UTC (Transporter-18)",SpaceX Falcon 9,"Transporter-18 rideshare, Vandenberg SLC-4E",in orbit,1 satellite (14 kg); constellation of five planned,,[],[101107],Hyderabad-based TakeMe2Space's Earth-observation satellite that processes data in orbit; the company calls it a first step toward an orbital data centre. Follows the loss of MOI-1 on PSLV-C62 (12 Jan 2026).,"[""https://theprint.in/feature/takeme2space-launches-ai-powered-satellite-on-spacex-eyes-orbital-data-centre/3059872"", ""https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/""]",67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79,2026-10-03
aetherflux-galactic-brain,Aetherflux,[],Galactic Brain,satellite,solar-powered AI compute satellite (GPU details not stated),,Q1 2027 (target),,,announced,first orbital data center satellite,,[],[],"Space-based solar power startup's first orbital data center satellite, announced 9 Dec 2025.","[""https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aetherflux-announces-orbital-data-center-120000861.html""]",,2026-10-03
lonestar-freedom-lunar,Lonestar Data Holdings,"[""Intuitive Machines"", ""Phison""]",Freedom lunar data center payload (IM-2),lunar payload,small data center payload with Phison storage,2025-02-27,27 Feb 2025 00:16 UTC (IM-2),SpaceX Falcon 9,Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Athena lander),flown,1 payload,,[],[],"Billed as the first data center flown to the Moon, for disaster-recovery backup and edge processing.","[""https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lonestars-data-center-is-ready-for-the-moon-intuitive-machines-and-lonestar-complete-final-installation-and-testing-of-lonestars-data-center-payload-302372021.html"", ""https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/fd0fbaac-d079-4027-98b0-bcf25c15a166/""]",fd0fbaac-d079-4027-98b0-bcf25c15a166,2026-10-03
sophia-space-tile,Sophia Space,[],TILE orbital computing modules,hardware in development,tile-shaped satellite compute modules with integrated solar power and radiative cooling,,,,,development,,$10M seed (Feb 2026),[],[],Startup building space-based edge computers and orbital data center modules.,"[""https://spacenews.com/sophia-space-claims-10-million-in-seed-round/""]",,2026-10-03
nvidia-vera-rubin-space-1,NVIDIA,"[""Planet"", ""Aetherflux"", ""Sophia Space""]",Vera Rubin Space-1 Module,hardware platform,Vera Rubin Space-1 Module for orbital data centers,,announced 16 Mar 2026 (GTC); availability not stated,,,announced,,,[],[],NVIDIA's compute module for satellites and orbital data centers; its CEO said cooling in space is still being worked out.,"[""https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/16/nvidia-previews-vera-rubin-space-1-module-orbital-data-centers/""]",,2026-10-03