data/projects.json

[
 {
  "id": "google-suncatcher-tpu-prototype",
  "company": "Google",
  "partners": [
   "Planet"
  ],
  "project": "Project Suncatcher: first TPU prototype satellite",
  "category": "prototype satellite",
  "hardware": "4 Google Trillium-generation TPUs",
  "launch_date": "2026-10-01",
  "launch_date_text": "1 Oct 2026, 18:32 UTC (Transporter-18)",
  "launch_vehicle": "SpaceX Falcon 9",
  "launch_mission": "Transporter-18 rideshare, Vandenberg SLC-4E",
  "ll2_launch_id": "67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79",
  "status": "in orbit",
  "scale": "1 satellite",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [
   "SUNCATCHER"
  ],
  "summary": "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.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Google (blog.google)",
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/project-suncatcher-prototype/",
    "fact": "Prototype satellite built with Planet launched on Transporter-18 on 1 Oct 2026; team confirmed contact and it is operating as expected"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Google (blog.google)",
    "date": "2026-09-24",
    "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/",
    "fact": "First TPUs go to orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare, developed in partnership with Planet"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Gizmodo",
    "date": "2026-09-24",
    "url": "https://gizmodo.com/googles-project-suncatcher-is-sending-ai-chips-into-space-next-week-2000816985",
    "fact": "Four Google TPUs (Trillium) launch next week on Transporter-18"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "The Space Devs Launch Library 2",
    "date": "2026-10-03",
    "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/",
    "fact": "Transporter 18: launched 2026-10-01T18:32:00Z, status Launch Successful, SLC-4E"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": [
   100902
  ],
  "launch": {
   "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)",
   "net": "2026-10-01T18:32:00Z",
   "status": "Success",
   "status_name": "Launch Successful",
   "window_start": "2026-10-01T18:18:00Z",
   "window_end": "2026-10-01T19:16:00Z",
   "source_url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/"
  }
 },
 {
  "id": "google-planet-suncatcher-pair",
  "company": "Google",
  "partners": [
   "Planet"
  ],
  "project": "Project Suncatcher: two prototype satellites with cross-links",
  "category": "prototype satellites",
  "hardware": "Google TPUs (per satellite count not stated)",
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "early 2027 (target)",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "planned",
  "scale": "2 satellites flying in tandem with high-bandwidth cross-links",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "Planet builds and operates two prototype satellites for Google to test TPUs working together over high-bandwidth inter-satellite links.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Planet (planet.com)",
    "date": "2025-11-04",
    "url": "https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-to-build-and-operate-advanced-space-platform-for-project-suncatcher-moonshot/",
    "fact": "Planet will deploy two prototype satellites for Google, targeting a launch by early 2027"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Google (blog.google)",
    "date": "2026-09-24",
    "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/",
    "fact": "We'll test our work on this in 2027 when we put two satellites in orbit"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "starcloud-1",
  "company": "Starcloud",
  "partners": [
   "NVIDIA"
  ],
  "project": "Starcloud-1",
  "category": "in-orbit satellite",
  "hardware": "1 NVIDIA H100 GPU",
  "launch_date": "2025-11-02",
  "launch_date_text": "2 Nov 2025",
  "launch_vehicle": "SpaceX Falcon 9",
  "launch_mission": "Bandwagon-4 rideshare",
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "in orbit",
  "scale": "1 satellite",
  "funding_public": "$170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation (Mar 2026), led by Benchmark with EQT Ventures",
  "norad_ids": [
   66303
  ],
  "celestrak_names": [
   "STARCLOUD"
  ],
  "summary": "First NVIDIA H100 in orbit; Starcloud reports it trained a small language model and ran a version of Gemini in space (Dec 2025).",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Starcloud (starcloud.com)",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "url": "https://www.starcloud.com/starcloud-1",
    "fact": "Launched November 2025 with an NVIDIA H100; first spacecraft to train a language model; NORAD 66303"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "CelesTrak SATCAT",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "url": "https://celestrak.org/satcat/records.php?INTDES=2025-248",
    "fact": "STARCLOUD-1, 2025-248L, NORAD 66303, launched 2025-11-02"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Via Satellite",
    "date": "2026-03-30",
    "url": "https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170m-to-fund-orbital-data-center-plans/",
    "fact": "$170M Series A at $1.1B valuation, Benchmark led with EQT Ventures"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "starcloud-2",
  "company": "Starcloud",
  "partners": [],
  "project": "Starcloud-2",
  "category": "satellite",
  "hardware": null,
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "later in 2026 (company, Mar 2026)",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "planned",
  "scale": "1 satellite; FCC filing for up to 88,000 satellites",
  "funding_public": "$170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation (Mar 2026)",
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [
   "STARCLOUD-2"
  ],
  "summary": "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.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Via Satellite",
    "date": "2026-03-30",
    "url": "https://www.satellitetoday.com/finance/2026/03/30/starcloud-raises-170m-to-fund-orbital-data-center-plans/",
    "fact": "Preparing to launch Starcloud-2 later this year to run commercial edge and cloud workloads; up to 88,000 satellites sought"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "crusoe-cloud-on-starcloud",
  "company": "Crusoe",
  "partners": [
   "Starcloud"
  ],
  "project": "Crusoe Cloud on a Starcloud satellite",
  "category": "hosted cloud module",
  "hardware": null,
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "late 2026 (planned); GPU capacity from orbit by early 2027",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "planned",
  "scale": "1 hosted module",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "Crusoe plans the first public cloud operating from orbit, on a Starcloud satellite.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Telco Magazine",
    "date": "2025-10-27",
    "url": "https://telcomagazine.com/news/crusoe-and-starcloud-launch-a-cloud-in-orbit",
    "fact": "Crusoe Cloud will operate on a Starcloud satellite scheduled for launch in late 2026, with GPU capacity available from orbit by early 2027"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "spacex-orbital-data-center-constellation",
  "company": "SpaceX (with xAI)",
  "partners": [
   "xAI"
  ],
  "project": "Orbital data center constellation (FCC SAT-LOA-20260108-00016)",
  "category": "constellation filing",
  "hardware": null,
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "FCC application filed 30 Jan 2026",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "filed",
  "scale": "up to 1,000,000 satellites, 500-2,000 km",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "SpaceX asked the FCC for up to one million satellites operating as orbital data centers; announced alongside SpaceX's acquisition of xAI.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "The Register",
    "date": "2026-02-05",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/05/spacex_1m_satellite_datacenter/",
    "fact": "Application filed 30 Jan 2026 (SAT-LOA-20260108-00016) for up to one million satellites at 500-2,000 km"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "FCC",
    "date": "2026-02",
    "url": "https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-113A1.pdf",
    "fact": "FCC public notice accepting the application for filing"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "spacex-starmind-ai1",
  "company": "SpaceX (with xAI)",
  "partners": [
   "NVIDIA"
  ],
  "project": "Starmind AI1: first-generation AI compute satellite",
  "category": "satellite",
  "hardware": "Space-optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 system (NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs)",
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "Q4 2027 (Musk, 24 Aug 2026); 'significant scale' in 2028",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "announced",
  "scale": "per AI1 satellite: 150 kW peak / about 120 kW average compute, 70 m wingspan, 20 m deployed height",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [
   "STARMIND"
  ],
  "summary": "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.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "NVIDIA Newsroom",
    "date": "2026-08-24",
    "url": "https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/spacexai-adopts-nvidia-vera-cpu-to-accelerate-agentic-ai-at-massive-scale",
    "fact": "SpaceXAI's planned first-generation Starmind AI satellite will be based on the optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale system"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Light Reading",
    "date": "2026-08-25",
    "url": "https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/with-nvidia-on-board-spacex-orbital-data-centers-to-hit-significant-scale-in-2028",
    "fact": "Musk: space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system for launch to orbit in Q4 2027, significant scale in 2028; AI1 is 20 m high, 70 m wingspan, 150 kW peak, about 120 kW average compute"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Yahoo Finance",
    "date": "2026-08-05",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/elon-musk-says-spacex-will-build-exclusively-with-nvidia-touts-space-based-ai-servers-211803293.html",
    "fact": "On the 4 Aug 2026 Q2 earnings call Musk said SpaceX is exclusive to NVIDIA; Starmind satellites to use Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Interesting Engineering",
    "date": "2026-08-04",
    "url": "https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/spacex-nvidia-starmind-ai1-compute-payload",
    "fact": "SpaceX is partnering with NVIDIA to design the Starmind AI1 satellite compute payload, with NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "Yahoo Finance",
    "date": "2026-06-09",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/article/spacex-reveals-its-first-orbital-data-center-much-simpler-than-a-starlink-satellite-musk-says-141110185.html",
    "fact": "AI1 revealed June 2026: 150 kW peak / 120 kW average compute, 70 m wingspan, 20 m deployed height, deployable liquid radiator"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "blue-origin-project-sunrise",
  "company": "Blue Origin",
  "partners": [],
  "project": "Project Sunrise",
  "category": "constellation filing",
  "hardware": null,
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "FCC application filed March 2026",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "filed",
  "scale": "up to 51,600 satellites in sun-synchronous orbits",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "Blue Origin filed with the FCC for a constellation of up to 51,600 satellites delivering compute capacity for AI.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Engadget",
    "date": "2026-03-20",
    "url": "https://www.engadget.com/science/space/blue-origin-also-wants-to-put-ai-data-centers-in-space-115614142.html",
    "fact": "Project Sunrise: up to 51,600 satellites in sun-synchronous orbit, FCC filing"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "orbital-inc-100k-filing",
  "company": "Orbital",
  "partners": [],
  "project": "Orbital data center constellation (FCC request)",
  "category": "constellation filing",
  "hardware": null,
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "FCC request reported 30 Jun 2026; first launch not stated",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "filed",
  "scale": "up to 100,000 satellites; 10 GW compute target",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "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.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "SpaceNews",
    "date": "2026-06-30",
    "url": "https://spacenews.com/orbital-files-plans-for-100000-orbital-data-centers/",
    "fact": "Orbital asked the FCC for up to 100,000 data center satellites, targeting 10 GW of computing power"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "axiom-odc-nodes-kepler",
  "company": "Axiom Space",
  "partners": [
   "Kepler Communications"
  ],
  "project": "Orbital data center nodes (first two)",
  "category": "hosted compute nodes",
  "hardware": "commercial off-the-shelf compute with 2.5 Gbps optical links",
  "launch_date": "2026-01-11",
  "launch_date_text": "11 Jan 2026",
  "launch_vehicle": "SpaceX Falcon 9",
  "launch_mission": "with the first tranche of Kepler's optical relay network",
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "in orbit",
  "scale": "2 nodes",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "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.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Axiom Space (axiomspace.com)",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "url": "https://www.axiomspace.com/orbital-data-center",
    "fact": "First two ODC nodes launched to LEO on January 11, 2026 with the first tranche of Kepler's optical relay network"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "axiom-axdcu-1-iss",
  "company": "Axiom Space",
  "partners": [
   "Red Hat"
  ],
  "project": "Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1) on the ISS",
  "category": "space station payload",
  "hardware": "Red Hat Device Edge compute unit",
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "fall 2025 (deployed to the ISS)",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "deployed",
  "scale": "1 unit",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "Axiom's data center prototype aboard the International Space Station.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Axiom Space (axiomspace.com)",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "url": "https://www.axiomspace.com/orbital-data-center",
    "fact": "AxDCU-1, powered by Red Hat Device Edge, deployed to the ISS in fall 2025"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "ada-space-three-body-constellation",
  "company": "ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab",
  "partners": [],
  "project": "Three-Body Computing Constellation (first 12 satellites)",
  "category": "in-orbit constellation",
  "hardware": "on-board AI processors (per-satellite specs not in source)",
  "launch_date": "2025-05-14",
  "launch_date_text": "14 May 2025",
  "launch_vehicle": "Long March 2D",
  "launch_mission": "Jiuquan",
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "in orbit",
  "scale": "12 satellites launched; 2,800 planned",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [
   63982,
   63983,
   63984,
   63985,
   63986,
   63987,
   63988,
   63989,
   63990,
   63991,
   63992,
   63993
  ],
  "norad_note": "CelesTrak lists 12 payloads SCS-01 A-M (2025-100A-M, owner PRC) launched from Jiuquan on 14 May 2025; matched to this launch by date, site and count.",
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "China's first batch of computing satellites for a planned 2,800-satellite on-orbit computing constellation.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "SpaceNews",
    "date": "2025-05-14",
    "url": "https://spacenews.com/china-launches-first-of-2800-satellites-for-ai-space-computing-constellation/",
    "fact": "12 satellites on a Long March 2D, led by ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab; 2,800-satellite constellation planned"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "CelesTrak SATCAT",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "url": "https://celestrak.org/satcat/records.php?INTDES=2025-100",
    "fact": "SCS-01 A-M, NORAD 63982-63993, launched 2025-05-14 from Jiuquan"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
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 {
  "id": "takeme2space-moi-1a",
  "company": "TakeMe2Space",
  "partners": [],
  "project": "MOI-1a in-orbit compute satellite",
  "category": "in-orbit satellite",
  "hardware": "117 TOPS onboard compute, 2 TB storage, nine-band multispectral imager",
  "launch_date": "2026-10-01",
  "launch_date_text": "1 Oct 2026, 18:32 UTC (Transporter-18)",
  "launch_vehicle": "SpaceX Falcon 9",
  "launch_mission": "Transporter-18 rideshare, Vandenberg SLC-4E",
  "ll2_launch_id": "67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79",
  "status": "in orbit",
  "scale": "1 satellite (14 kg); constellation of five planned",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [
   "MOI-1A"
  ],
  "summary": "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).",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "ThePrint",
    "date": "2026-10-02",
    "url": "https://theprint.in/feature/takeme2space-launches-ai-powered-satellite-on-spacex-eyes-orbital-data-centre/3059872",
    "fact": "MOI-1a (14 kg, 117 TOPS, 2 TB) launched on SpaceX Transporter-18 from Vandenberg; step toward a five-satellite orbital data centre"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "The Space Devs Launch Library 2",
    "date": "2026-10-03",
    "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/",
    "fact": "Transporter 18: launched 2026-10-01T18:32:00Z, status Launch Successful"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": [
   101107
  ],
  "launch": {
   "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)",
   "net": "2026-10-01T18:32:00Z",
   "status": "Success",
   "status_name": "Launch Successful",
   "window_start": "2026-10-01T18:18:00Z",
   "window_end": "2026-10-01T19:16:00Z",
   "source_url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/"
  }
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 {
  "id": "aetherflux-galactic-brain",
  "company": "Aetherflux",
  "partners": [],
  "project": "Galactic Brain",
  "category": "satellite",
  "hardware": "solar-powered AI compute satellite (GPU details not stated)",
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "Q1 2027 (target)",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "announced",
  "scale": "first orbital data center satellite",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "Space-based solar power startup's first orbital data center satellite, announced 9 Dec 2025.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Aetherflux press release (Yahoo Finance)",
    "date": "2025-12-09",
    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/aetherflux-announces-orbital-data-center-120000861.html",
    "fact": "Galactic Brain orbital data center, targeting Q1 2027"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
 },
 {
  "id": "lonestar-freedom-lunar",
  "company": "Lonestar Data Holdings",
  "partners": [
   "Intuitive Machines",
   "Phison"
  ],
  "project": "Freedom lunar data center payload (IM-2)",
  "category": "lunar payload",
  "hardware": "small data center payload with Phison storage",
  "launch_date": "2025-02-27",
  "launch_date_text": "27 Feb 2025 00:16 UTC (IM-2)",
  "launch_vehicle": "SpaceX Falcon 9",
  "launch_mission": "Intuitive Machines IM-2 (Athena lander)",
  "ll2_launch_id": "fd0fbaac-d079-4027-98b0-bcf25c15a166",
  "status": "flown",
  "scale": "1 payload",
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "Billed as the first data center flown to the Moon, for disaster-recovery backup and edge processing.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "Lonestar / Intuitive Machines (PR Newswire)",
    "date": "2025-02-10",
    "url": "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",
    "fact": "Freedom payload installed on IM-2, launch window no earlier than 26 Feb 2025"
   },
   {
    "publisher": "The Space Devs Launch Library 2",
    "date": "2026-09-30",
    "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/fd0fbaac-d079-4027-98b0-bcf25c15a166/",
    "fact": "Falcon 9 | Nova-C IM-2 launched 2025-02-27T00:16:30Z"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": [],
  "launch": {
   "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Others",
   "net": "2025-02-27T00:16:30Z",
   "status": "Success",
   "status_name": "Launch Successful",
   "window_start": "2025-02-27T00:16:30Z",
   "window_end": "2025-02-27T00:16:30Z",
   "source_url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/fd0fbaac-d079-4027-98b0-bcf25c15a166/"
  }
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  "id": "sophia-space-tile",
  "company": "Sophia Space",
  "partners": [],
  "project": "TILE orbital computing modules",
  "category": "hardware in development",
  "hardware": "tile-shaped satellite compute modules with integrated solar power and radiative cooling",
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": null,
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "development",
  "scale": null,
  "funding_public": "$10M seed (Feb 2026)",
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "Startup building space-based edge computers and orbital data center modules.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "SpaceNews",
    "date": "2026-02-24",
    "url": "https://spacenews.com/sophia-space-claims-10-million-in-seed-round/",
    "fact": "$10 million seed to develop space-based edge computers and orbital data centers"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
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 {
  "id": "nvidia-vera-rubin-space-1",
  "company": "NVIDIA",
  "partners": [
   "Planet",
   "Aetherflux",
   "Sophia Space"
  ],
  "project": "Vera Rubin Space-1 Module",
  "category": "hardware platform",
  "hardware": "Vera Rubin Space-1 Module for orbital data centers",
  "launch_date": null,
  "launch_date_text": "announced 16 Mar 2026 (GTC); availability not stated",
  "launch_vehicle": null,
  "launch_mission": null,
  "ll2_launch_id": null,
  "status": "announced",
  "scale": null,
  "funding_public": null,
  "norad_ids": [],
  "celestrak_names": [],
  "summary": "NVIDIA's compute module for satellites and orbital data centers; its CEO said cooling in space is still being worked out.",
  "sources": [
   {
    "publisher": "SiliconANGLE",
    "date": "2026-03-16",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/03/16/nvidia-previews-vera-rubin-space-1-module-orbital-data-centers/",
    "fact": "Vera Rubin Space-1 Module previewed at GTC for orbital data centers; partners include Sophia Space, Aetherflux and Planet"
   }
  ],
  "verified_on": "2026-10-03",
  "auto_norad_ids": []
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]