Created: 2024-02-21
Updated: 2025-09-06
Company - Starcloud (Lumen Orbit)
Product/Service
- Classification
- Space Utilities
- Category
- In-Orbit Computing
In-Orbit Data Storage
Space Data Centre
- Fields
- Orbital Data Centre
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2025
Orbital Data Relay Constellation
Status Comment
Satellite orbital data relay constellation status unclear as of December 2024. Recent focus has been on data centres.
Notes
- 200 VCs wanted to get into Lumen Orbit’s $11M seed round, 2024-12-11.
- Lumen Orbit changes its name to Starcloud and raises $10M for space data centers, 2025-02-26.
- Building Data Centers in Space?! Starcloud’s Mission to Revolutionize Compute, 2025-04-04.
- Could data centres ever be built in orbit? 2025-04-09.
- Star Catcher and Starcloud Announce Partnership to Utilize Power Beaming to Enhance Capabilities, 2025-06-10.
- Google is pushing ahead with a project to run generative artificial intelligence (AI) "Gemini" in a space data center.
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