Space Data Centers Database
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Catalog: 98 projects. 13 proposal / study · 35 development · 13 launched · 20 demonstrated · 4 operating · 10 historical · 3 uncertain. These are project classifications, not spacecraft counts or verified commercial capacity.
37 projects classified as launched, demonstrated or operating: 29 reviewed, 8 with review limits or awaiting review. Each project appears in one classification.
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| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | ARES Shield AI | Supplier | Spacecraft protection systems AI-assisted sensing and nonkinetic high-power microwave protection for three Lonestar orbital-server satellites in the initial phase. Wider constellation protection is prospective. Details & project milestonesAI-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. Disclosed buyer: Lonestar Data Holdings. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. More than USD 5,581,180 (PLN 22,000,000). More than USD 5,581,180 (PLN 22 million). Latest issuer disclosure. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026. | Contract / order disclosedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Space Solar | Host | Payload integration · Data services An LOI proposes StarVault hosting and engineering studies, with intended OSPREYBuilder participation in 2028 and larger structures from 2030. Details & project milestonesAn LOI proposes StarVault hosting and engineering studies, with intended OSPREYBuilder participation in 2028 and larger structures from 2030. Intentions are subject to development and further agreements; no reserved capacity, price or firm service order is disclosed. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026. | Preliminary agreementSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | NASA | Research participant | Communications · Data services The parties signed a Space Act Agreement covering off-world storage, computing and communications evaluation. Details & project milestonesThe parties signed a Space Act Agreement covering off-world storage, computing and communications evaluation. This framework does not establish NASA funding or procurement. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026. | PartnershipSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Sidus Space | Supplier | Storage payload Build and deliver an additional StarVault orbital data-storage payload under an amended agreement. Details & project milestonesBuild 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. Disclosed buyer: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 30 Sept 2026. | Contract / order disclosedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersSidus Space | Atomic-6 | Supplier | Solar arrays Light Wing solar arrays for the Sidus spacecraft supporting Lonestar’s cislunar storage program. Details & project milestonesLight Wing solar arrays for the Sidus spacecraft supporting Lonestar’s cislunar storage program. Selection by Sidus, not a direct Lonestar award. Parent program remains described as a preliminary agreement; array order value is undisclosed. Disclosed buyer: Sidus Space. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Sidus Space | Supplier | Satellite bus · Payload integration · Mission operations Design, build, payload integration and on-orbit support for six lunar data-storage spacecraft. Details & project milestonesDesign, 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. Disclosed buyer: Lonestar Data Holdings. Approximately USD 120,000,000. Approximate preliminary agreement value; not firm backlog Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | Preliminary agreementSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) | Research participant | Data services A signed MoU covers data sharing and analysis relevant to terrestrial and space interferometry. Details & project milestonesA signed MoU covers data sharing and analysis relevant to terrestrial and space interferometry. Research collaboration, not a commercial storage purchase or guaranteed observing capability. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026. | PartnershipSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Caddis Cloud Solutions | Strategic partner | Cloud capacity & advisory Cloud-capacity sourcing, data-center advisory and commercial-network support for Lonestar's terrestrial, orbital and lunar services. Details & project milestonesCloud-capacity sourcing, data-center advisory and commercial-network support for Lonestar's terrestrial, orbital and lunar services. A bilateral strategic partnership. No customer, capacity commitment, purchase order, value or revenue-sharing terms are disclosed. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | PartnershipSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Exploration Institute | Supplier | Flight / payload software Active Vigilance system-health and radiation-diagnostics software for Lonestar's Freedom lunar data-center payload. Details & project milestonesActive 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. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | PartnershipSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Valkyrie | Research participant | Flight / payload software The partners announced AI and graph-database work for Lonestar's Freedom mission. Details & project milestonesThe 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. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Bjarke Ingels Group | Supplier | Payload industrial design Architectural and 3D-printed exterior design for Lonestar's Freedom lunar data-center payload. Details & project milestonesArchitectural 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. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | PartnershipSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersSpacebilt | Space Environment Technologies | Supplier | Radiation sensors ARMAS radiation sensor supplied for Skycorp/SpaceBilt's experiment within Lonestar's Freedom payload on IM-2. Details & project milestonesARMAS 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. Disclosed buyer: Spacebilt. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Microchip Technology | Supplier | Processors / accelerators 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. Details & project milestonesMicrochip 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. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Phison Electronics | Supplier | Storage payload Storage hardware installed in Lonestar's Freedom lunar data-center payload. Details & project milestonesStorage 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. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersSpace & Satellite Professionals International | Lonestar Data Holdings | Supplier | Data services Data-storage payload participation on Lonestar's Independence cislunar test mission. Details & project milestonesData-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. Disclosed buyer: Space & Satellite Professionals International. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Ultrascale Digital Infrastructure | Research participant | Radiators / cooling Co-development and co-patenting of ultra-high-density cooling technology for terrestrial, orbital and lunar data-center applications. Details & project milestonesCo-development and co-patenting of ultra-high-density cooling technology for terrestrial, orbital and lunar data-center applications. A development partnership without disclosed flight hardware, project schedule, exclusivity, purchase order, value or intellectual-property allocation. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | Development agreementSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Tierra Lunar | Supplier | Mission operations Hands-on mission-management services for Lonestar lunar missions. Details & project milestonesHands-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. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersState of Florida | Lonestar Data Holdings | Supplier | Data services State of Florida customer participation in the IM-1 Independence storage and retrieval test. Details & project milestonesState 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. Disclosed buyer: State of Florida. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Intuitive Machines | Supplier | Lunar payload delivery Lunar payload delivery and service testing on IM-1 and delivery of Lonestar's first full data-services payload on IM-2. Details & project milestonesLunar payload delivery and service testing on IM-1 and delivery of Lonestar's first full data-services payload on IM-2. The source confirms contracts for the first two lunar missions but does not disclose values, detailed deliverables or later schedule changes. Disclosed buyer: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | Contract / order disclosedSource ↗ |
| Lonestar data centersLonestar Data Holdings | Spacebilt | Supplier | Payload integration · Storage payload Build Lonestar's first lunar data-services payload for the IM-2 mission, later announced as Freedom. Details & project milestonesBuild 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. Disclosed buyer: Lonestar Data Holdings. Lonestar data centers: Demonstration program Next project milestone: 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. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 24 Sept 2026. | Contract / order disclosedSource ↗ |
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Technical specifications retain the source’s original units and evidence status. Hardware counts, compute rates and power are not equivalent; launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance. Supplier counts include suppliers and hosts only, reflect current filters and cover this directory, not the entire market. “No record” means no disclosure captured; it does not mean the work is unawarded. Latest developments use source dates, not routine review or collection dates.