Datasets:

CyberMax-tools
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orbitwren-orbital-compute-tracker

license: cc-by-4.0
pretty_name: 'Orbitwren: Orbital Compute & Space Data Center Tracker'
language:
  - en
task_categories:
  - tabular-classification
  - time-series-forecasting
tags:
  - space
  - satellites
  - orbital-data-centers
  - space-data-center
  - ai-infrastructure
  - launches
  - tle
  - project-suncatcher
  - starcloud
size_categories:
  - n<1K
configs:
  - config_name: projects
    data_files: data/projects.csv
    default: true
  - config_name: launches_upcoming
    data_files: data/launches_upcoming.csv
  - config_name: orbits
    data_files: data/orbits.csv
  - config_name: changes
    data_files: data/changes.csv

Orbitwren: Orbital Compute & Space Data Center Tracker

State of Orbital Data Centers, Oct 2026: every project, launch calendar and partnership map, all sources cited. 16-page PDF, $19 (free 2-page sample). Buy now → · Download link on screen the moment checkout ends · no subscription · 14-day refund if it doesn't work as described · help: cybermax.tools@gmail.com

Need it fresh, filtered or via API? This free file is a snapshot (today's orbital compute tracker, upcoming launches and orbit elements), last updated 2026-10-09.

Orbitwren API Alerts: 1,500 calls a month ($5/month): The private alert feed (new projects, launch date changes, launches; JSON, CSV, Atom), plus orbital data center and space AI compute tracker API: every public project putting AI compute in orbit….

Orbitwren orbital compute tracker API (100 free calls a day, $5 for 2,000 calls, or $9/month for 5,000): gives you the orbital compute tracker by REST API or MCP, filtered by company, status or text, plus the next launches with rideshare and compute flags, live CelesTrak orbits, the next compute launch with a countdown and a daily change log; pay by card in one click, key shown instantly, no account needed.

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Use this dataset

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("CyberMax-tools/orbitwren-orbital-compute-tracker", "projects", split="train")
df = ds.to_pandas()
print(df.shape)
df.head()

# or straight into pandas (needs huggingface_hub installed)
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("hf://datasets/CyberMax-tools/orbitwren-orbital-compute-tracker/data/projects.csv")

Need it fresh, filtered or via API? State of Orbital Data Centers report, Oct 2026 (PDF) ($19).

Every public orbital-compute and space data center project in one table: who is building it, what hardware is (or will be) in orbit, launch date, status, publicly stated funding, and a source link for every row. Plus the next 200 upcoming launches from The Space Devs Launch Library 2 (rideshares and compute launches flagged) and live orbit elements from CelesTrak for the compute satellites whose NORAD IDs are public. Refreshed daily by CyberMax.

Tracker today: 17 projects from 13 companies, 5 already in orbit, 14 satellites with live orbit elements, 8 upcoming rideshare launches. Rows verified 2026-10-03; launches updated 2026-10-09T06:52:05Z; orbits updated 2026-10-08T07:24:12Z.

Company	Project	Hardware in orbit	Launch	Status	Source
Google	Project Suncatcher: first TPU prototype satellite	4 Google Trillium-generation TPUs	1 Oct 2026, 18:32 UTC (Transporter-18)	in orbit	source
Google	Project Suncatcher: two prototype satellites with cross-links	Google TPUs (per satellite count not stated)	early 2027 (target)	planned	source
Starcloud	Starcloud-1	1 NVIDIA H100 GPU	2 Nov 2025	in orbit	source
Starcloud	Starcloud-2	(not public)	later in 2026 (company, Mar 2026)	planned	source
Crusoe	Crusoe Cloud on a Starcloud satellite	(not public)	late 2026 (planned); GPU capacity from orbit by early 2027	planned	source
SpaceX (with xAI)	Orbital data center constellation (FCC SAT-LOA-20260108-00016)	(not public)	FCC application filed 30 Jan 2026	filed	source
SpaceX (with xAI)	Starmind AI1: first-generation AI compute satellite	Space-optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 system (NVIDIA Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs)	Q4 2027 (Musk, 24 Aug 2026); 'significant scale' in 2028	announced	source
Blue Origin	Project Sunrise	(not public)	FCC application filed March 2026	filed	source
Orbital	Orbital data center constellation (FCC request)	(not public)	FCC request reported 30 Jun 2026; first launch not stated	filed	source
Axiom Space	Orbital data center nodes (first two)	commercial off-the-shelf compute with 2.5 Gbps optical links	11 Jan 2026	in orbit	source
Axiom Space	Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1) on the ISS	Red Hat Device Edge compute unit	fall 2025 (deployed to the ISS)	deployed	source
ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab	Three-Body Computing Constellation (first 12 satellites)	on-board AI processors (per-satellite specs not in source)	14 May 2025	in orbit	source
TakeMe2Space	MOI-1a in-orbit compute satellite	117 TOPS onboard compute, 2 TB storage, nine-band multispectral imager	1 Oct 2026, 18:32 UTC (Transporter-18)	in orbit	source
Aetherflux	Galactic Brain	solar-powered AI compute satellite (GPU details not stated)	Q1 2027 (target)	announced	source
Lonestar Data Holdings	Freedom lunar data center payload (IM-2)	small data center payload with Phison storage	27 Feb 2025 00:16 UTC (IM-2)	flown	source
Sophia Space	TILE orbital computing modules	tile-shaped satellite compute modules with integrated solar power and radiative cooling		development	source
NVIDIA	Vera Rubin Space-1 Module	Vera Rubin Space-1 Module for orbital data centers	announced 16 Mar 2026 (GTC); availability not stated	announced	source

Live page with a launch countdown: https://cybermaxtools.com/orbital-compute/ · API + MCP server: https://orbitwren.cybermaxtools.com

Files

File	Rows	What
`data/projects.csv` (+ `projects.json` with full source objects)	17	curated tracker: company, partners, project, category, hardware, launch date, vehicle, status, scale, funding_public, NORAD IDs, summary, source URLs
`data/launches_upcoming.csv`	200	next upcoming orbital launches (LL2): NET, status, provider, rocket, mission, orbit, pad, `rideshare`, `orbital_compute`, `tracked_projects`
`data/orbits.csv`	14	CelesTrak GP elements per tracked satellite + derived perigee/apogee (km) and period
`data/changes.csv`	8	day-to-day change log (status, launch date, NORAD IDs, launch NET/status)

Method and honesty rules

A project is listed only when a company page or a reputable news outlet describes it; every row links those sources and the facts they support. Values nobody has published (hardware, funding, dates) are empty, never estimated.
norad_ids are filled only from CelesTrak once public. Rows with auto_norad_ids were matched by CelesTrak object name. The Three-Body Computing Constellation IDs are CelesTrak's SCS-01 A-M objects, matched by launch date, site and count.
orbital_compute on a launch = a tracked project flies on it, or its mission text mentions data centres, TPUs/GPUs or space computing. rideshare = Transporter/Bandwagon/rideshare missions.
Company names are used only to identify the projects. No affiliation with or endorsement by any company listed.

Sources and licence

Tracker table: compiled by CyberMax, CC BY 4.0.
Launch data: The Space Devs Launch Library 2 (thespacedevs.com), free tier.
Orbit elements: CelesTrak GP data (celestrak.org).