Supplier · United States
Red Hat software runs on Axiom AxDCU-1 (ISS, August 2025) and on Voyager Space Edge (on the ISS since NG-23, September 2025; RHEL 10.1 announced 11 May 2026). It has announced no dated next step.
Shared launches: CRS-33 (2025-08-24) with Axiom Space.
Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown
Red Hat software runs on Axiom AxDCU-1 (ISS, August 2025) and on Voyager Space Edge (on the ISS since NG-23, September 2025; RHEL 10.1 announced 11 May 2026).[1][2]
What the stage means: Compute or storage flown as a hosted payload or on the ISS. What flew here is software only.
DoneConfirmed
Red Hat Device Edge on Axiom AxDCU-1 reaches the ISS
Sources: Axiom Space; RCR Wireless
DoneConfirmed
IBM Think article on space data centers; IBM Research cautions on bandwidth
Source: IBM
DoneConfirmed
RHEL 10.1 deployment on Voyager Space Edge (ISS) announced
Source: Red Hat
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 IBM-owned orbital hardware program found.
Martin Schmatz (IBM Research Zurich)
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM / Red Hat (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 |
| D-Orbit | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | None announced |
| Edge Aerospace | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | None announced |
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