Big tech · United States
Azure connected to HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 on the ISS from 2021, and its app framework ran on IMAGIN-e from 2024. It has announced no dated next step.
Shared launches: NG-15 (2021-02-20) with HPE Spaceborne.
Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown
Azure connected to HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 on the ISS from 2021, and its app framework ran on IMAGIN-e from 2024.[1]
What the stage means: Compute or storage flown as a hosted payload or on the ISS. What flew here is software only.
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Azure connected to HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 on the ISS
Source: Microsoft Azure
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IMAGIN-e edge computing payload launched to the ISS
Thales Alenia Space hardware running a Microsoft on-orbit application framework.
Source: Thales Alenia Space
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Space Compass and Microsoft ship-detection demo cuts downlink by 98.1%
On Loft Orbital YAM-6.
Source: SKY Perfect JSAT
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
Microsoft has made no orbital data center statement as of 2026-10-05.
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure Space (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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