Space Data Centers Database

Booked ION SCV hosting for Wingman, combining hyperspectral imaging, STERNA, MORUS and a relay link.

The undated EDGX mission roadmap books Wingman on D-Orbit ION SCV for October 2027. This is not a launch or benchmark result.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: EDGX.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

ION accommodation of KP Labs' Antelope onboard computer/data-processing unit for planned AI/ML telemetry and radiation-anomaly analysis in orbit.

Carrier launch is reported, while payload deployment, validation and operational computing results remain prospective in this announcement. No procurement price, demonstrated processing throughput or allocation to D-Orbit Nebula is disclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: KP Labs.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

ION Cosmic Wander mission accommodation, launch integration and orbital carriage of AAC Clyde Space's Intuition-1 onboard-AI hyperspectral satellite.

Carrier launch is reported, while payload deployment, validation and operational computing results remain prospective in this announcement. No procurement price, demonstrated processing throughput or allocation to D-Orbit Nebula is disclosed. The named Intuition-1 payload is linked to its tracked project profile. The profile’s later mission results do not change the evidentiary limits of this November 2023 carrier release.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: AAC Clyde Space.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

Hosted execution of NaviCode Caravel through D-Orbit's Software In-Orbit Demonstration service on an existing ION onboard computer.

Demonstrated hosting role. Specific ION flight, legal purchasing entity and price are undisclosed. No additional spacecraft is counted.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: NaviGate S.r.l..

Evidence checked 29 Oct 2026.

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.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

Launch, deployment and mission integration services for OPTISAT, inferred from D-Orbit’s product offering.

Scope inferred from the supplier’s official portfolio (https://www.dorbit.space/media/1/11.pdf). The OPTISAT release names D-Orbit but does not confirm its individual work package. Exact procurement terms are undisclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Planetek Hellas.

Evidence checked 8 Oct 2026.

ION hosted the Pono compute-and-communications prototype.

Historical flown role. Direct procurement buyer, price and service terms undisclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Privateer.

Evidence checked 8 Oct 2026.

D-Orbit hosted ROQuET on ION SCV Passionate Paula for Skytrail, providing payload power, command execution, timing and data/file exchange through the host flight payload computer.

This records an explicitly identified, implemented role in the flown research payload; it is not evidence of a separately announced paid contract. The direct legal buyer, contract execution/selection date, price and procurement terms are not disclosed. September 21, 2026 is the paper submission date, not the procurement date. Additional evidence for this same role: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/r5mwia0y/production/c1f3581bb047d1b7e876b0f6bf29889fc747dc29.pdf. The June 24, 2025 carrier release and September 21, 2026 research paper describe the same ROQuET payload on Skytrail. June 24 is the earliest retained hosting disclosure, not a contract date.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

ION carrier manifest includes MOI-1A via Impulso Space on Transporter-18.

Deployment is confirmed by the carrier operator. Contact, commissioning, computing results and direct procurement terms remain undisclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: TakeMe2Space.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

ION accommodation of the Early Test Payload regenerative 5G mmWave communications demonstration.

Issuer-reported manifested payload and carrier launch, not a separately disclosed procurement contract. Legal buyer, price and signature date are unknown. June 24 is the announcement date and June 23 the launch date. The article does not establish successful payload commissioning or experimental results.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Constellation Technologies & Operations.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

ION accommodation of Magdrive’s first in-orbit demonstration of the Rogue thruster.

Issuer-reported manifested payload and carrier launch, not a separately disclosed procurement contract. Legal buyer, price and signature date are unknown. June 24 is the announcement date and June 23 the launch date. The article does not establish successful payload commissioning or experimental results.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Magdrive.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

ION accommodation of Pale Blue’s PBI water-ion-thruster demonstration.

Issuer-reported manifested payload and carrier launch, not a separately disclosed procurement contract. Legal buyer, price and signature date are unknown. June 24 is the announcement date and June 23 the launch date. The article does not establish successful payload commissioning or experimental results.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Pale Blue Inc..

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

D-Orbit launch integration for four Plan-S Connecta IoT satellites on two additional Transporter-14 ports, using NPC Spacemind deployers. These four are separate from the two ION vehicles.

Issuer-reported manifested payload and carrier launch, not a separately disclosed procurement contract. Legal buyer, price and signature date are unknown. June 24 is the announcement date and June 23 the launch date. The article does not establish successful payload commissioning or experimental results.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Orbital carriage and planned deployment of two Spire-built LEMUR 4U satellites with Lacuna IoT gateways.

Issuer-reported manifested payload and carrier launch, not a separately disclosed procurement contract. Legal buyer, price and signature date are unknown. June 24 is the announcement date and June 23 the launch date. The article does not establish successful payload commissioning or experimental results.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Spire Global.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

ION accommodation of TelePIX’s DNAV deep-space-navigation processor payload incorporating TetraPLEX.

Issuer-reported manifested payload and carrier launch, not a separately disclosed procurement contract. Legal buyer, price and signature date are unknown. June 24 is the announcement date and June 23 the launch date. The article does not establish successful payload commissioning or experimental results.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: TelePIX.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

ION payload hosting and orbital transport for DPhi Space's Clustergate-1 shared compute platform on the Wish Upon a Star mission.

The source documents the launched passenger role. It does not disclose a separate contract price or confirm commissioning and operational compute performance.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: DPhi Space.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Technical launch guidance, transportation, integration into ION and in-orbit demonstration services for two TelePIX Tetraplex onboard-processor missions.

The release announces two contracts with a June 2024 mission target; it does not establish completed testing, achieved processor performance, price or an additional contract under discussion.

Disclosed buyer: TelePIX.

Associated organization: TelePIX.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

ION Beyond mission accommodation and carriage of TRL11's MI:1 prototype Space Aware Edge Computer for planned in-orbit testing.

The carrier launch is reported; MI:1 prototype testing remains prospective in this announcement. No disclosed procurement price, achieved edge-computing performance or complete operational service is established.

Disclosed buyer: TRL11.

Associated organization: TRL11.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

ION Cosmic Wander accommodation and orbital carriage of Cryptosat's Crypto3 3U cryptographic and edge-computing prototype.

Carrier launch is reported, while payload deployment, validation and operational computing results remain prospective in this announcement. No procurement price, demonstrated processing throughput or allocation to D-Orbit Nebula is disclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Cryptosat.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Manufacture and launch of one ION Satellite Carrier providing the orbital infrastructure to gather and process data for In-Orbit Space Lab.

Funded planned orbital infrastructure, not completed flight or measured computing performance. The source distinguishes D-Orbit's approximately USD 5,362,560 (EUR 4.8 million) work package from the approximately USD 7,820,400 (EUR 7 million) overall programme and unrelated IRIDE/servicing awards. No exact mapping to later AI-eXpress missions is asserted.

Disclosed buyer: Agenzia Spaziale italiana (ASI).

Associated organization: Agenzia Spaziale italiana (ASI).

Approximately USD 5,362,560 (EUR 4,800,000). Approximately USD 5,362,560 (EUR 4.8 million) D-Orbit work package; the approximately USD 7,820,400 (EUR 7 million) programme total is separate.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

ION Guardian mission accommodation and carriage of ELT's SCORPIO electronic-intelligence payload, designed for AI-assisted RF categorization and data storage.

Carrier launch is reported, while payload data gathering and AI performance remain intended capabilities in this release. No procurement price, measured throughput or allocation to a later computing constellation is disclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: ELT Group.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

ION Second Star to the Right accommodation and orbital carriage of the enhanced Cryptosat-2 secure-cryptographic prototype.

The two ION carriers were deployed and entered early orbit operations. This release describes intended hosted demonstrations, not completed image-processing or cryptographic test results. The thirteen total payloads are not thirteen computing nodes; no procurement price is disclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Cryptosat.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

ION hosted in-orbit demonstration accommodation for IAC's DRAGO-2 camera and onboard processing unit, supporting image compression, encryption and super-resolution algorithms.

The two ION carriers were deployed and entered early orbit operations. This release describes intended hosted demonstrations, not completed image-processing or cryptographic test results. The thirteen total payloads are not thirteen computing nodes; no procurement price is disclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Integration of EPFL's in-house HOBC onboard computer into ION and hosted in-orbit test/validation on a mid-inclination orbit for the CHESS educational program.

The September 2022 source targets Q1 2023 for launch. It does not establish completed testing, processor performance, price, or assignment to Nebula computing.

Disclosed buyer: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Associated organization: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

ION carriage, launch integration and orbital deployment of two Kepler 6U satellites for Ku/S-band AETHER technology validation.

The release targets Q1 2023; it does not establish launch completion, technology-validation results, price or assignment to the later Tranche 1 compute fleet.

Disclosed buyer: Kepler Communications.

Associated organization: Kepler Communications.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.