Space Data Centers Database
Search and compare space data center projects and related orbital computing demonstrations, including developers, technical specifications, suppliers, agreements and milestones. Follow each commitment to its original announcement.
Catalog: 96 projects. 13 proposal / study · 33 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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1–11 of 11 relationship records. Each row is one underlying record, including records linked to several projects. Roles and agreement evidence are separate.
| Project / associated organization | Organization | Role | Component / service scope | Commitment / supporting evidence |
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| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | Viasat | Supplier | Communications Viasat GEO relay connected the AIX-1+ computer aboard ION SCV-021 for remotely requested processing, telemetry, analytics and file transfers. Details & project milestonesViasat GEO relay connected the AIX-1+ computer aboard ION SCV-021 for remotely requested processing, telemetry, analytics and file transfers. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. The June 25, 2026 announcement describes one ten-minute trial with approximately twelve-second setup and round-trip latency below six seconds; it is not an ongoing service SLA or the necessarily exact trial date. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | AIKO | Supplier | Flight / payload software AIKO contributes the orbital_OLIVER autonomy framework and AI applications; the platform description also names MiRAGE. Details & project milestonesAIKO contributes the orbital_OLIVER autonomy framework and AI applications; the platform description also names MiRAGE. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. Exact mission-specific software versions and processor allocations are not disclosed. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | D-Orbit | Host | Payload integration · Mission operations · Data services D-Orbit provides ION hosted-payload accommodation and orbital cloud infrastructure for Planetek-led AI-eXpress. Details & project milestonesD-Orbit provides ION hosted-payload accommodation and orbital cloud infrastructure for Planetek-led AI-eXpress. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. Hosted AIX nodes share ION carriers; they are not an additional independent spacecraft fleet. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | Eni | Research participant | Research & feasibility studies Eni is named as developing research for low-latency, AI-aided onboard processing and direct-to-user information delivery. Details & project milestonesEni is named as developing research for low-latency, AI-aided onboard processing and direct-to-user information delivery. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. This is a disclosed research-participant role; commercial buying, paid utilization and achieved trial results remain unknown. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | IBM | Research participant | Flight / payload software · Research & feasibility studies Planetek identifies IBM as deploying TerraMind.tiny for software-defined satellite services in the AI-eXpress program. Details & project milestonesPlanetek identifies IBM as deploying TerraMind.tiny for software-defined satellite services in the AI-eXpress program. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. The partner disclosure does not provide a dated completion result, measured accuracy or a paid software license. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | Microchip Technology | Supplier | Processors / accelerators PolarFire SoC and VectorBlox acceleration IP were flown on earlier AI-eXpress missions in 2025 for onboard-computing validation and characterization. Details & project milestonesPolarFire SoC and VectorBlox acceleration IP were flown on earlier AI-eXpress missions in 2025 for onboard-computing validation and characterization. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. The release does not allocate this configuration to AIX-1+; proposed integration into future D-Orbit avionics is a separate future scope. Radiation-hardness certification and achieved orbital throughput are not established. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | NOSA | Research participant | Research & feasibility studies NOSA is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service. Details & project milestonesNOSA is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. The source identifies S&T, VAKE and NOSA collectively; individual workshare, exact legal entity and completion results are not supplied. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | S&T (REMIS participant) | Research participant | Research & feasibility studies S&T is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service. Details & project milestonesS&T is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. The source identifies S&T, VAKE and NOSA collectively; individual workshare, exact legal entity and completion results are not supplied. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | SpaceX | Supplier | Launch capacity SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-15 provided the disclosed November 28, 2025 launch role for the AIX-1+ node on its ION host. Details & project milestonesSpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-15 provided the disclosed November 28, 2025 launch role for the AIX-1+ node on its ION host. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. January 14, June 23 and November 28, 2025 are launch dates from the operator releases. This combines the observed launch role; it does not invent three independently signed customer contracts. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | Role confirmedDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | Ubotica Technologies | Research participant | Research & feasibility studies Ubotica is identified as experimenting with neural-network optimization and edge-AI portability in the AI-eXpress program. Details & project milestonesUbotica is identified as experimenting with neural-network optimization and edge-AI portability in the AI-eXpress program. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. No completed experiment result or paid deployment is established by the participation statement. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
| Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek Italia | VAKE | Research participant | Research & feasibility studies VAKE is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service. Details & project milestonesVAKE is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service. This is an explicitly identified program, hardware or research role. No legal procurement buyer, contract signature date, paid order, value or guaranteed service level is disclosed. The source identifies S&T, VAKE and NOSA collectively; individual workshare, exact legal entity and completion results are not supplied. Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed. Associated organization: Planetek Italia. Planetek AI-eXpress: In-orbit operation demonstrated Next project milestone: No dated next mission milestone disclosed; continued application trials and platform development. This is a project target, not a supplier delivery commitment. Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026. | PartnershipDisclosure date not suppliedSource ↗ |
Supplier work coverage by category
Distinct projects with a disclosed supplier or host in each work category. Investors, research participants and other partnership roles are excluded from supplier coverage. Click a count to see the matching projects. Columns overlap; do not add them together.
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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.