This project focuses on storing data in lunar and Earth-orbiting systems.
Lonestar has demonstrated storage and processing on ISS and lunar missions. Freedom completed reported transit tests before IM-2 ended early in March 2025. StarVault is the planned orbital follow-on. ARES Shield disclosed its first commercial Lonestar protection agreement in August 2026 for three satellites initially. Its October 2026 issuer account describes the same agreement as worth more than PLN 22 million and reports TRL 4 after laboratory tests. Wider constellation protection remains prospective, while supplier and hosting agreements retain their distinct commitment levels.
Lonestar Data Holdings · Demonstration program
Scope: Shared computing & storage · A shared computing or storage platform, or a program developing that infrastructure. Classification describes intended use, not operating capacity.
Figures retain their disclosed units and scope. Launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance; targets may change. Not disclosed means no figure in the reviewed sources.
AI-assisted sensing and nonkinetic high-power microwave protection for three Lonestar orbital-server satellites in the initial phase. Wider constellation protection is prospective.
ARES reports TRL 4 after laboratory tests. Orbital deployment and completed deliveries are not established. Wider constellation protection remains prospective. The signature date is undisclosed.
More than USD 5,581,180 (PLN 22,000,000) · More than USD 5,581,180 (PLN 22 million). Latest issuer disclosure.
Announced 26 Aug 2026 · Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026
Build and deliver an additional StarVault orbital data-storage payload under an amended agreement.
Amendment to an existing agreement, not a separate value to add to the preliminary lunar program. April15 identified the first StarVault on LizzieSat-4. Sidus's September28 release confirms Lonestar aboard LS4 and a joint LS4/LS5 Bandwagon6 launch no earlier than April2027, subject to readiness (https://investors.sidusspace.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/294/sidus-space-to-launch-lizziesat-4-and-lizziesat-5-together). Host and schedule of the additional StarVault remain undisclosed; LS5 is not assigned to it.
Announced 15 Apr 2026 · Evidence checked 30 Sept 2026
Satellite bus · Payload integration · Mission operations
Design, build, payload integration and on-orbit support for six lunar data-storage spacecraft.
Approximately $120m preliminary agreement; the source explicitly warns a definitive agreement may not be entered into. Not booked revenue or a firm contract total.
USD 120,000,000 · Approximate preliminary agreement value; not firm backlog
Announced 2 Apr 2025 · Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026
Active Vigilance system-health and radiation-diagnostics software for Lonestar's Freedom lunar data-center payload.
The software is described as developed by Exploration Institute and commercialized by Active Vigilance Inc. The buyer, license terms, value and responsibility split are undisclosed.
Announced 1 Oct 2024 · Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026
The partners announced AI and graph-database work for Lonestar's Freedom mission.
The August 2024 first-party announcement establishes a partnership and planned Graph Database payload test, not a paid order. It gives no legal buyer, price or contract instrument. Its late-2024 lunar-landing schedule was prospective; Lonestar later reported Valkyrie AI data handling during the February-March 2025 cislunar transit, while IM-2 ended before sustained lunar-surface operations.
Announced 29 Aug 2024 · Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026
Architectural and 3D-printed exterior design for Lonestar's Freedom lunar data-center payload.
The announcement describes a design partnership. Commercial terms are undisclosed, and BIG is not identified as the payload hardware builder or spacecraft supplier.
Announced 7 May 2024 · Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026
ARMAS radiation sensor supplied for Skycorp/SpaceBilt's experiment within Lonestar's Freedom payload on IM-2.
The April 2024 release says the sensor was built for Skycorp; the September 17, 2024 ARMAS release explicitly names Space Environment Technologies. Preserve the existing supplier identity without duplication. Contract form, price, detailed ownership and achieved mission-specific radiation measurements are not disclosed by these preflight releases.
Announced 8 Apr 2024 · Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026
Microchip PolarFire system-on-chip running Linux for Lonestar's Freedom lunar data-center payload; the processor family is named in the October 2024 developer-network announcement.
The April 2024 release names Microchip as the RISC-V processor supplier; the October 22, 2024 developer-network release identifies the PolarFire SoC family (https://www.lonestarlunar.com/press-release/lonestar-unveils-lunar-developer-network). The purchasing party, exact part number, quantity, order value and commercial terms remain undisclosed. This historical Freedom hardware does not establish StarVault's configuration.
Announced 8 Apr 2024 · Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026
Storage hardware installed in Lonestar's Freedom lunar data-center payload.
The source states that Phison supplied a storage device for Freedom, but does not identify the purchasing party, order value, capacity or exact hardware model.
Announced 8 Apr 2024 · Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026
Buyer: Space & Satellite Professionals International
Supplier selected
Data services
Data-storage payload participation on Lonestar's Independence cislunar test mission.
Lonestar calls SSPI a customer on board but does not disclose the contracting entity, value, data volume, service level or whether the relationship continued after the test.
Announced 19 Feb 2024 · Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026
Hands-on mission-management services for Lonestar lunar missions.
Lonestar identifies Tierra Lunar as Dr. Jose Hernandez's company and says it is working closely with Lonestar on mission-management services. The release does not identify a legal buyer, contract instrument, value, effective date, work package, receiving spacecraft or mission-specific allocation; no independent authoritative corroboration was found.
Announced 1 Nov 2023 · Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026
State of Florida customer participation in the IM-1 Independence storage and retrieval test.
Customer announcement page is dated October 19, 2023, with an October 10 body dateline; neither is a verified contract signature date. Successful February 2024 test is documented separately at https://www.lonestarlunar.com/press-release/lonestar-lands-on-the-moon. Value, procuring legal entity, duration and recurring service terms remain undisclosed.
Announced 19 Oct 2023 · Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026
Build Lonestar's first lunar data-services payload for the IM-2 mission, later announced as Freedom.
The April 2022 announcement explicitly states the payload build was contracted with Skycorp, now SpaceBilt. Contract value and detailed work split are undisclosed; later Lonestar releases identify the IM-2 payload as Freedom.
Announced 19 Apr 2022 · Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026
First StarVault payload is planned aboard LizzieSat-4 on SpaceX Bandwagon-6, alongside LizzieSat-5, no earlier than April 2027. Timing depends on qualification, integration and launch readiness.
Manual review 29 Oct 2026. Compared current Lonestar service and program pages with historical Freedom specifications and the saved Sidus first-StarVault schedule. Added qualitative integrity-processing and ground-link architecture. The former prospective Jetson description is retained outside current comparison because it is not specified on current pages. No flight-specific storage, RAM, IT power or throughput is established. Last full profile review 19 Oct 2026. Primary body last observed 19 Oct, 01:02 UTC. Source monitoring: blocked. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.
ARES Shield's October 8, 2026 announcement reports its first commercial Lonestar Data Holdings contract, valued above USD 5,581,180 (PLN 22 million). It describes an initial scope covering three satellites and a prospective extension across the constellation, using high-power microwave protection technology. ARES says laboratory tests reached TRL 4 and that it has registered in the US and opened a Los Angeles office.
Sidus confirms Lonestar aboard LizzieSat-4 and joint launch with LizzieSat-5 on Bandwagon-6 no earlier than April2027; qualification,integration and rideshare readiness remain conditions.
The ARES Shield executive says Lonestar selected its protection system for three satellites initially, followed by the wider constellation. The post describes the agreement as worth more than $6 million and says delivery is ahead.
A July 13, 2026 article on Lonestar’s site describes plans to run customer-specific language models aboard the first StarVault. It names an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin computer beside half a petabyte of storage and describes local inference with optional queries to external foundation models. The author identifies himself as a Lonestar adviser with an interest in its investor and states that company details are third-party and unverified.
A July 6, 2026 article hosted by Lonestar describes its 2024 and 2025 lunar activities as prototypes for a future orbital data-embassy offering. It identifies April 2027 as the target for taking StarVault into Earth orbit, with a proposed service based on controlled access and cryptographic custody. The author discloses his advisory and financial interests and says the mission details and timeline are unverified third-party information.
A July 1, 2026 article hosted by Lonestar reports investment under the name 012T Capital and presents the company’s earlier ISS and lunar demonstrations as foundations for a future orbital AI and storage network. The article gives no investment amount. Its body also uses the spelling 021T Capital, and its author discloses a financial interest while stating that the mission, customer and performance claims have not been independently verified.
Sidus reported an integration milestone for Maris-Tech’s AI edge-computing payload planned for LizzieSat-4, alongside the previously disclosed additional Lonestar StarVault payload and its internally developed Fortis computing platform. First-quarter revenue was $359,000 and the company ended March with $27.3 million in cash.
Sidus said an amendment requires it to build and deliver an additional StarVault orbital data-storage payload. The first payload targets LizzieSat-4 no earlier than fall 2026.
Sidus and Lonestar described a preliminary agreement for six LizzieSat-based lunar data-storage spacecraft, with Sidus covering design, payload integration, launch planning and on-orbit support.
Lonestar's Freedom data-center payload completed testing and integration with Intuitive Machines' Athena lander ahead of the February 2025 IM-2 launch. Lonestar identifies SpaceBilt as the builder and Phison as the storage supplier.
Caddis Cloud Solutions and Lonestar announced a strategic partnership under which Caddis will use its advisory network and cloud-capacity expertise to support terrestrial, orbital and lunar data services.
Exploration Institute partnered with Lonestar to fly its Active Vigilance health-monitoring software on Freedom and characterize radiation effects on the lunar data-center payload.
A September 2024 announcement described an ARMAS radiation sensor planned to fly with Lonestar’s Freedom payload on Intuitive Machines’ second lunar mission. It identified Skycorp as the payload prime contractor and mission customer, and Space Environment Technologies as the sensor organization, with measurements intended during transit and on the lunar surface.
Lonestar’s September 2024 page reproduced reporting that an Imagine Dragons song was planned for transmission from the Moon during the Freedom mission with Intuitive Machines in early 2025. The page also discussed a concert appearance and other band news.
Lonestar and Valkyrie announced that Valkyrie’s knowledge-graph database would fly on Lonestar’s Freedom payload aboard Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission to test graph-data processing on astrophysics data using RISC-V edge-computing architecture.
Bjarke Ingels Group partnered with Lonestar on the 3D-printed exterior design for Freedom, including a sundial-inspired structure depicting astronauts Charlie Duke and Nicole Stott.
Lonestar said SpaceBilt built Freedom, Phison supplied storage, Microchip supplied a RISC-V processor and Environmental Technologies built an ARMAS radiation sensor for SpaceBilt.
Lonestar transmitted the Declaration of Independence to the IM-1 lander en route to the Moon and received the Constitution and Bill of Rights back. It also named the State of Florida and SSPI as payload customers.
Lonestar opened and tested its J.F. Honeycutt Mission Control facility in St. Petersburg in preparation for the February 2024 Independence payload launch.
Lonestar and Ultrascale Digital Infrastructure announced a development partnership covering ultra-high-density cooling for terrestrial, orbital and lunar data-center applications, including planned co-development and co-patenting.
Lonestar appointed Tierra Lunar CEO and former NASA astronaut José Hernández as a non-executive director and said Tierra Lunar was providing hands-on mission-management services for its lunar missions.
Lonestar reported an oversubscribed pre-Series A round that raised more than $800,000 after an initial $500,000 target. The company said the proceeds would support its lunar edge-computing and data-storage work.
Lonestar contracted Intuitive Machines for tests on IM-1 and a full data-services payload on IM-2, and contracted SpaceBilt, then Skycorp, to build the first lunar data-center payload.
Undated homepage targets the first StarVault for April2027; Sidus September28 release confirms LS4 and qualifies the launch as no earlier than April2027.
