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…
Sophia Space and Caltech claim patent for space data centers
SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the award July 30 of a patent, shared with the California Institute…
Environmental groups urge FCC to pause orbital data center applications
TAMPA, Fla. — Environmental and scientific groups are calling for a halt to processing orbital data center applications,…
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…
Sophia selects Apex bus for on-orbit computing demonstration
SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space announced the selection June 22 of an Apex bus for its first orbital…
Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal,…
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…
Phantom Space eyes edge in orbital data race with thermal deal
Phantom Space believes it now has the key pieces of a vertically integrated model to compete on the…
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…
Blue Origin joins the orbital data center race
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin is the latest company to propose an orbital data center system, filing plans for…
Starcloud files plans for 88,000-satellite constellation
WASHINGTON — An orbital data center startup is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission for a constellation…
Quit Whining About SpaceX and Launch Some Damn Satellites
SpaceX stunned the satellite industry in late January when it asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to…