Launch provider · United States · statement of intent
The orbital data center link rests on Eric Schmidt's 2025 statements; no program has been announced. It has announced no dated next step.
Stage 1 of 7: Concept
The orbital data center link rests on Eric Schmidt's 2025 statements; no program has been announced.[1]
What the stage means: Plans, filings or designs with no ODC hardware built or flown.
DoneConfirmed
Eric Schmidt takes control and becomes CEO
Source: Wikipedia
DoneReported
Schmidt confirms on X that orbital data centers motivated the purchase
One-word reply to a journalist.
Source: TechSpot
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
Whether Relativity announces any orbital compute program; its Terran R debut (stated for late 2026) is a launch milestone, not a data center one.
Eric Schmidt (CEO, controlling owner)
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relativity Space (this page) | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Agnikul and NeevCloud | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | End of 2026: Pilot launch (300 to 350 kg unit) |
| Anthropic | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Apex | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Sophia Space TILE demo on an Apex Nova bus |
| Atomic-6 | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Blue Origin Sunrise | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | Q4 2027: TeraWave deployment begins (the backhaul Sunrise depends on) |
| CASC / CAST | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Experimental 10 kW-class computing satellite (about 1,000 kg) |
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