Orbital
AI data centers in low Earth orbit
About
Orbital is pioneering the first commercial AI compute infrastructure in low Earth orbit, designed to overcome terrestrial data center limitations like power grid capacity. Founded to address the exponential growth of AI computing demand, Orbital's space-based data centers leverage the energy and thermal advantages of space to enable planetary-scale AI workloads. Their business model involves launching satellite data centers starting with a test mission planned for 2027, enabling scalable, energy-unconstrained AI infrastructure beyond Earth. This approach targets enterprises requiring massive AI compute with fewer terrestrial constraints.
Products
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2027 Pathfinder mission
— Demonstrates AI inference compute in low Earth orbit to validate thermal and shielding technologies for space data centers.
Customer sectors: aerospace, ai researchers, space infrastructure
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Orbital-1 satellite and compute payload
— Purpose-built satellite with multiple GPU nodes and high-bandwidth links, providing commercial AI inference from low Earth orbit.
Customer sectors: cloud providers, ai companies, telecommunications
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Orbital constellation of AI data centers in Low Earth Orbit
— Network of satellites delivering scalable AI compute powered by continuous solar energy and passive cooling in space.
Customer sectors: cloud infrastructure, enterprise ai, government
Market research & competitive positioning
Source-backed TAM / SAM / SOM sizing, displacement analysis, and an interactive peer positioning map for Orbital — available to members.
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