Supplier · Italy (Europe)
D-Orbit S.p.A.
ION carriers have hosted edge compute demos since 2021, including AWS software in 2022. It has announced no dated next step.
Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown
ION carriers have hosted edge compute demos since 2021, including AWS software in 2022.[1]
What the stage means: Compute or storage flown as a hosted payload or on the ISS. It flew as a supplier to someone else’s satellite.
DoneConfirmed
AWS and Unibap edge computing run on an ION carrier
Source: Edge Industry Review
Targets as the organisation stated them. When a date moved, every move is listed with its source; a narrower window is shown as a narrowing.
No dated next step has been announced.
What to watch · SpaceNexus note, not a prediction
No D-Orbit orbital data center program announced.
Sergio Mucciarelli
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-Orbit (this page) | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | None announced |
| AWS | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | None announced |
| Astro Digital | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | Q1 2027: SPAC close and Nasdaq listing |
| Axiom Space | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | 2027: AxODC Node ISS (petabyte-class, optical link) delivered to the ISS |
| Booz Allen | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | None announced |
| Edge Aerospace | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | None announced |
| HPE Spaceborne | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | None announced |
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