Relocate compute into orbit, powered by continuous sunlight and cooled by radiators
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Place accelerators on satellites in sun-synchronous orbit, drawing near-continuous solar power, rejecting heat through radiators, and linking satellites by free-space optical fabric. One GPU has flown; independent analyses put costs at least an order of magnitude above equivalent
Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
PartialStarcloud (formerly Lumen Orbit), satellite bus by Astro Digital, launch by SpaceX · since 2025 · Global
Starcloud-1 launched on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on 2 November 2025 into a 325 km orbit: a 60 kg satellite on an Astro Digital Corvus-Micro bus carrying a single Nvidia H100, with a design life of approximately 11…
Venture capital; $200 million raised in total, including a $170 million Series A led by Benchmark and EQT at a $1.1 billion valuation · 4 sources