# Voyager Technologies / LEOcloud Space Edge: orbital data center program

> United States (United States), startup. Stage 4 of 7: Payload demo flown. Space Edge launched to the ISS on 2025-09-14.

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## Stage evidence

- Space Edge launched to the ISS on 2025-09-14. Sources: [Voyager Technologies](https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-launches-first-multi-cloud-region-in-space-to-transform-real-time-data-processing/)

## Approach

- Orbit: LEO (ISS)
- Architecture: Managed, space-hardened cloud infrastructure (Space Edge micro datacenter) on the ISS, pitched as a multi-cloud region in orbit
- Power: ISS-provided
- Cooling: ISS-provided
- Compute: Not disclosed; Red Hat containers, later RHEL 10.1
- Customers: Defense, civil and commercial (unnamed)

## Milestones

| Date | Status | Confidence | Milestone | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-03 | achieved | Confirmed | Voyager agrees to acquire LEOcloud | [Voyager Technologies](https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-enters-agreement-to-acquire-leocloud-to-expand-space-based-cloud-computing-capabilities/) |
| 2025-09-14 | achieved | Company claim | Space Edge launched to the ISS. Voyager calls it the first multi-cloud region in space. | [Voyager Technologies](https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-launches-first-multi-cloud-region-in-space-to-transform-real-time-data-processing/) |
| 2026-05-11 | achieved | Confirmed | RHEL 10.1 deployment on Space Edge (ISS) announced. Red Hat and Voyager announcement. | [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/voyager-and-red-hat-propel-red-hat-enterprise-linux-orbit-space-edge-micro-datacenters); [Voyager Technologies](https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-and-red-hat-propel-red-hat-enterprise-linux-into-orbit-with-space-edge-micro-datacenters/) |

## Announced next steps (as the organisation stated them)

No dated next step announced.

## What to watch (SpaceNexus note, not a prediction)

Voyager has announced no dated next step for Space Edge.

## Cautions

- "First multi-cloud region in space" is a company claim.

## People

- Dennis Gatens (LEOcloud founder)

## Sources

- [Voyager Technologies](https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-launches-first-multi-cloud-region-in-space-to-transform-real-time-data-processing/)
- [Voyager Technologies](https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-enters-agreement-to-acquire-leocloud-to-expand-space-based-cloud-computing-capabilities/)
- [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/voyager-and-red-hat-propel-red-hat-enterprise-linux-orbit-space-edge-micro-datacenters)
- [Voyager Technologies](https://voyagertechnologies.com/press-releases/voyager-and-red-hat-propel-red-hat-enterprise-linux-into-orbit-with-space-edge-micro-datacenters/)

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