Supplier · United States
An NVIDIA H100 flew on Starcloud-1 on 2 Nov 2025; NVIDIA itself operates no satellites. Its next announced step is space-1 Vera Rubin Module availability, stated as "at a later date" (NVIDIA).
Shared launches: Bandwagon-4 (2025-11-02) with Starcloud, Astro Digital.
Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown
An NVIDIA H100 flew on Starcloud-1 on 2 Nov 2025; NVIDIA itself operates no satellites.[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.
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H100 flown on Starcloud-1
First data-center-class GPU in orbit.
Source: Gunter's Space Page
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NVIDIA Space Computing launched at GTC; Space-1 Vera Rubin Module announced
Designed for at least 5 years and 8,000 thermal cycles in SSO (reported). Radiation tolerance not published.
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Joins Starcloud's Series A extension
TechCrunch, citing a person familiar with the deal, reported the size of NVIDIA's share; neither company disclosed it.
Source: TechCrunch
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.
"at a later date" (NVIDIA)
Space-1 Vera Rubin Module availability[1]
What to watch · SpaceNexus note, not a prediction
A ship date and radiation data for the Space-1 module.
| Figure | Value | Confidence and source |
|---|---|---|
| Space-1 Rubin GPU vs H100, space-based inferencing | up to 25× ratio | Company claim[1][2] |
Jensen Huang (CEO)
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA (this page) | Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown | Not counted | "at a later date": Space-1 Vera Rubin Module availability |
| 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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