This project focuses on a constellation of satellites for computing in space.
Starcloud-1 launched with one H100 in November 2025 and the operator reported orbital model experiments in December. Starcloud-2 is the planned commercial follow-on, with Crusoe cloud operation and operator-announced AWS Outposts hardware; later constellation scale remains prospective. Firefly announced a commercial agreement on September 30, 2026 to host Starcloud’s SC-1L lunar-compute demonstration on Elytra during Blue Ghost Mission 3, targeted no earlier than 2028.
Starcloud · 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.
Planned deployment and operation of Quindar cloud-native mission-management software aboard Starcloud orbital data centers, using Starcloud-1 and Starcloud-2 for telemetry and operational insights.
Issuer announcement describes future deployment and validation. It does not establish completed installation, demonstrated autonomous operation, a procurement order or disclosed contract value.
Announced 28 Oct 2026 · Evidence checked 30 Oct 2026
Firefly announced a commercial payload agreement to host Starcloud’s SC-1L AI processor on Elytra during Blue Ghost Mission 3, targeted no earlier than 2028. After the lunar-surface mission, SC-1L is planned to process Solux vision data in lunar orbit and send results to Earth.
Firefly identifies Starcloud as its commercial payload customer. Price, processor configuration, compute capacity, launch vehicle and exact launch date are undisclosed. Lunar deployment and computing remain prospective; Elytra is designed for up to five years in lunar orbit. NASA’s separate CLPS lunar-surface contract is not the value or buyer of this agreement.
Announced 30 Sept 2026 · Evidence checked 2 Oct 2026
Order for 50 Starlink Mini Laser optical terminals for integration across more than 25 Starcloud satellites.
Historical operator-post record of an order for optical terminals. The September 30 audit could not reread the original post because access returned HTTP403; the exact quantity and fleet scope remain subject to primary-source revalidation. Contract value, delivery cadence and first equipped spacecraft are undisclosed. The one-year orbital timing was an expectation, not delivery evidence.
Announced 26 May 2026 · Evidence checked 25 Sept 2026
Supplier-reported power-purchase agreement for future optical power supply to Starcloud's computing constellation.
Star Catcher's March 31, 2026 case study explicitly says Starcloud has signed a PPA and links back to their June 10, 2025 strategic partnership. March 31 is the evidence publication day, not a disclosed signature date. Treat this as the current commitment in the same relationship; a distinct additional instrument is not established. Price, power quantity, activation date and receiving mission are undisclosed. No power delivery to Starcloud-1 or Starcloud-2 is established.
Announced 31 Mar 2026 · Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026
NVIDIA accelerated-computing platform used for Starcloud orbital AI compute infrastructure.
Technology-use relationship disclosed by NVIDIA and quoted by Starcloud; purchase terms and order volume are not disclosed. Excluded from contract-award counts.
Announced 16 Mar 2026 · Evidence checked 25 Sept 2026
Astro Digital designed, built and delivered the Corvus-Micro+ spacecraft platform for the Starcloud-1 demonstrator.
Issuer presentation dated September 25, 2026 identifies the delivered Starcloud-1 platform and a 1.5-year development cycle. This is a historical supplier-role reconciliation, not a new contract award. Legal buyer, contract instrument/value and future mission allocations are not established; presentation date is not an inferred announcement date.
Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 30 Sept 2026
Operator-announced AWS Outposts hardware deployment on Starcloud-2.
Primary executive announcement of intended hardware use; commercial instrument and value are undisclosed. October 2026 is a target, not launch confirmation; exact post date unresolved.
Announced Publication date not supplied · Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026
Starcloud-2 commercial follow-on: late-2026/October launch targets in partner and executive announcements, with limited customer access and full operation targeted by 2027.
Manual review with evidence gaps 30 Oct 2026. Operator pages retain Starcloud-1 launch/model reports and planned Starcloud-2 GPU cluster, persistent storage and sun-synchronous orbit. Quindar software plan and supplier link reconciled. Earlier launch forecasts, investor mission mapping and power definition remain unresolved, without blocking supported facts. Primary body last observed 20 Oct, 00:48 UTC. Source monitoring: partial. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.
Exact Starlink laser-terminal quantity remains subject to primary-post revalidation
Quantified Starcloud-2 GPU, storage and power specifications
Starcloud-2 actual launch and commissioning
Star Catcher PPA execution date, price, power quantity, receiving mission and delivery are undisclosed.
The executive AWS post’s original timestamp is February 9, 2026; its edit date and first appearance of the current October launch wording are unknown.
SC-1L agreement value, processor configuration, compute capacity and launch vehicle are undisclosed; its no-earlier-than-2028 lunar demonstration has not flown.
Dunamu & Partners' undated portfolio page read October 26 describes two 8 kW Starcloud-2 satellites planned for 2027. The operator product page targets full operation by 2027, while earlier dated partner/executive wording included late-2026 or October targets. Exact mission mapping, date of the investor-page revision, power definition and actual launch remain unconfirmed.
Project updates
Verified announcements and milestones linked to this project, newest first.
Quindar announced plans to deploy and operate its cloud-native mission-management platform aboard Starcloud orbital data centers. The partnership names Starcloud-1 and Starcloud-2 for telemetry and operational insights, with planned validation of resilience across terrestrial and orbital cloud regions, edge data processing and automated mission workflows. Completed installation and in-orbit results are not established by the announcement.
Dunamu & Partners' official portfolio identifies Starcloud as an investment in orbital AI data centers. The portfolio describes plans for Starcloud-2 in 2027 and the later Starcloud-3 platform.
Starcloud’s SC-1L AI payload will be hosted on Firefly Elytra for Blue Ghost Mission 3, targeted no earlier than 2028. The planned post-lander demonstration processes Solux vision data in lunar orbit; deployment and results remain prospective.
Planet Ventures disclosed a USD 100,000 indirect investment in Starcloud through the ST-0504 Fund I special-purpose vehicle. The allocation formed part of Starcloud's previously announced USD 250 million Series A extension.
Starcloud announced a $250 million Series A extension led by Manhattan West at a $2.3 billion post-money valuation. NVIDIA and Cisco Investments joined as new investors alongside existing backers.
DarkSky International, Environment America and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility petitioned the FCC for a programmatic environmental impact statement covering orbital data centers. They also asked the agency to pause licensing while it evaluates cumulative effects, naming the pending SpaceX, Starcloud, Blue Origin and Cowboy Space proposals.
Starcloud ordered 50 Starlink Mini Laser terminals from SpaceX for integration across more than 25 planned satellites, with two terminals per spacecraft. The company expected the first hardware to reach orbit within one year.
Star Catcher explicitly says Starcloud signed a PPA. March 31 is this disclosure’s publication date, not a verified execution date; price, purchased power, receiving mission and delivery remain undisclosed. This continues the earlier partnership as one relationship.
Starcloud announced a $170 million Series A to fund its orbital-data-center program. Contemporary reporting valued the company at $1.1 billion and identified Benchmark and EQT Ventures as leads. The round is a separate, earlier financing milestone from the $250 million extension announced in August 2026.
NVIDIA introduced the planned Space-1 Vera Rubin Module and described IGX Thor and Jetson Orin platforms for orbital edge computing. The company named Aetherflux, Axiom Space, Kepler Communications, Planet, Sophia Space and Starcloud as users of NVIDIA accelerated computing across orbital and ground environments; Kepler specifically said Jetson Orin is used on its satellites.
Starcloud CEO Philip Johnston’s current edited post says the second satellite is intended to carry AWS Outpost hardware and gives an October 2026 launch target.
The companies announced future optical-power collaboration for the Starcloud constellation. The then-planned August demonstrator launch was a historical target, distinct from the later November launch report.
