Final ViaSat-3 enters service as SES wraps up O3b mPower launch campaign
TAMPA, Fla. — The third and final terabit-class ViaSat-3 broadband satellite has entered service over the Americas, the…
Sophia Space and SLI agree on $300 million financing for 10-satellite edge-computing constellation
PARIS – Sophia Space and aerospace leasing specialist SLI announced a $300 million financing framework Sept. 14 for…
SpaceX confirms plans to launch Starlink satellites on next Starship mission
PARIS — A SpaceX executive confirmed that the next flight of the company’s Starship rocket will carry its…
Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is widening
TAMPA, Fla. — Europe risks becoming dependent on foreign orbital computing infrastructure as U.S. companies and China’s government-led…
Rules of the road needed for orbital data center constellations
WASHINGTON — As companies develop plans for large constellations of orbital data center satellites, experts say now is…
NASA Chief Jared Isaacman Says ‘Never Bet Against’ Elon Musk, Adds ‘We Can’t Do It Without’ SpaceX for Moon Base
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Orbital files plans for 100,000 orbital data centers
TAMPA, Fla. — Five-month-old startup Orbital has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy up to…
Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations
WASHINGTON — As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year,…
Trillion-Dollar Flip-Flop? SpaceX Says Orbital Data Centers May Never Make Money
For more than a year, Elon Musk has been prophesying a new era for AI. The SpaceX CEO…
SpaceX offers details on orbital data center satellites
WASHINGTON — SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk revealed more technical, but not financial, details about his company’s plans…
US startup plans huge satellite fleet for space-based AI computing
A Nvidia-backed startup is seeking U.S. approval to launch tens of thousands of satellites in orbit to build…
Space data centers: AI’s next frontier explained
Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We’re taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least,…