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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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PROJECTS & RELATIONSHIPS

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Linked view: Planetek AI-eXpress.

1–11 of 11 relationship records. Each row is one underlying record, including records linked to several projects. Roles and agreement evidence are separate.

Projects, organizations, roles, scope, commitment and supporting evidence.
Project / associated organizationOrganizationRoleComponent / service scopeCommitment / supporting evidence
Planetek AI-eXpressPlanetek ItaliaViasatSupplierCommunications

Viasat GEO relay connected the AIX-1+ computer aboard ION SCV-021 for remotely requested processing, telemetry, analytics and file transfers.

Details & project milestones

Viasat 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 ItaliaAIKOSupplierFlight / payload software

AIKO contributes the orbital_OLIVER autonomy framework and AI applications; the platform description also names MiRAGE.

Details & project milestones

AIKO 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 ItaliaD-OrbitHostPayload integration · Mission operations · Data services

D-Orbit provides ION hosted-payload accommodation and orbital cloud infrastructure for Planetek-led AI-eXpress.

Details & project milestones

D-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 ItaliaEniResearch participantResearch & feasibility studies

Eni is named as developing research for low-latency, AI-aided onboard processing and direct-to-user information delivery.

Details & project milestones

Eni 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 ItaliaIBMResearch participantFlight / payload software · Research & feasibility studies

Planetek identifies IBM as deploying TerraMind.tiny for software-defined satellite services in the AI-eXpress program.

Details & project milestones

Planetek 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 ItaliaMicrochip TechnologySupplierProcessors / accelerators

PolarFire SoC and VectorBlox acceleration IP were flown on earlier AI-eXpress missions in 2025 for onboard-computing validation and characterization.

Details & project milestones

PolarFire 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 ItaliaNOSAResearch participantResearch & feasibility studies

NOSA is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service.

Details & project milestones

NOSA 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 ItaliaS&T (REMIS participant)Research participantResearch & feasibility studies

S&T is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service.

Details & project milestones

S&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 ItaliaSpaceXSupplierLaunch 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 milestones

SpaceX 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 ItaliaUbotica TechnologiesResearch participantResearch & feasibility studies

Ubotica is identified as experimenting with neural-network optimization and edge-AI portability in the AI-eXpress program.

Details & project milestones

Ubotica 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 ItaliaVAKEResearch participantResearch & feasibility studies

VAKE is named as a participant validating REMIS intelligent-monitoring technology through the AI-eXpress in-orbit demonstration service.

Details & project milestones

VAKE 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.

Component / serviceContract awardedSupplier selectedDevelopment agreementLaunch capacity reservedPreliminary agreementPartnershipAny supplierNo supplier
Power
↳ Electrical power system
↳ Batteries
↳ Solar arrays
Spacecraft & integration
↳ Satellite bus
↳ Payload integration
Compute & storage
↳ Storage payload
↳ Processors / accelerators
↳ Photonic computing components
Thermal control
↳ Radiators / cooling
Communications
↳ Optical links
Launch
↳ Launch capacity
↳ Launch integration
Operations
↳ Mission operations
↳ Ground stations & ground segment
↳ Deployable structures
↳ Payload industrial design
↳ Flight / payload software
↳ Data services
↳ Electric propulsion
↳ Avionics / integrated electronics
↳ In-space manufacturing
↳ Spacecraft protection systems
↳ Attitude control components
Sensors & monitoring
↳ Radiation sensors
↳ Lunar payload delivery
Commercial services
↳ Cloud capacity & advisory
↳ Technical training & capability transfer
Research & feasibility studies

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.