D-Orbit

Launch integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: TakeMe2Space

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

Payload integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: NaviGate S.r.l.

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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

Evidence checked 29 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

Payload integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Privateer

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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

Evidence checked 8 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Launch integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: AAC Clyde Space

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: KP Labs

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations · Data services

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Planetek Italia

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.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

Payload integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: EDGX

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

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

Unconfirmed scope · Launch integration

Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Planetek Hellas

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 8 Oct 2026.

Payload integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Constellation Technologies & Operations

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Payload integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Magdrive

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Payload integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Pale Blue Inc.

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Launch integration

Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Plan-S Satellite and Space Technologies

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Launch integration

Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Spire Global

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Payload integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: TelePIX

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Launch integration

Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: DPhi Space

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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

Evidence checked 13 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Launch integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: TelePIX

This record reports a contract or order. A record may cover more than one instrument and does not establish completed delivery.

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.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: TRL11

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Launch integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Cryptosat

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Satellite bus · Launch integration · Data services

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Agenzia Spaziale italiana (ASI)

This record reports a contract or order. A record may cover more than one instrument and does not establish completed delivery.

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.

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.

Value disclosure date: 22 Jun 2023

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: ELT Group

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Launch integration

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Cryptosat

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

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.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Launch integration · Mission operations

Role: Supplier. Provides the hardware or services described in this record.

Disclosed buyer: Kepler Communications

This record reports a contract or order. A record may cover more than one instrument and does not establish completed delivery.

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

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.

Payload integration · Mission operations

Role: Payload host. Provides spacecraft accommodation and related mission services.

Disclosed buyer: Cryptosat

The source identifies this role. A separate contract or order is not established by this record.

The source reports launch and orbital release of ION with the listed prototype. It does not establish completed cryptographic tests, operational service, capacity or price; the later Cryptosat-2 mission is a separate payload edition.

Evidence checked 14 Oct 2026.