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Starcloud-1

A 60 kg spacecraft on Astro Digital's Corvus-Micro bus that carried an Nvidia H100, launched November 2, 2025 on SpaceX's Bandwagon-4 rideshare. In December 2025 it ran Google's Gemma model and trained nanoGPT. A KeepTrack page using a CelesTrak element set with epoch November 10, 2026 still lists NORAD 66303 as an operational payload at 45.40 degrees, about 508 by 503 km. That listing is the orbit. Y Combinator's company page, read November 11, 2026, still says high-powered inference on Capella SAR data will happen soon. One Nvidia A6000 GPU aboard failed during launch.

Starcloud-2

The first commercial mission: a GPU cluster with persistent storage and 24/7 access, plus an AWS server blade, bitcoin mining ASICs, and a pair of Starlink Mini Laser terminals. Waste heat, not power, is the binding constraint on dense orbital compute. Johnston told TechCrunch in August 2026 the near-term plan is two 8 kW Starcloud-2 satellites on 2027 rideshares for customers including US government agencies, rather than a single October 2026 launch. The official product page still targets full operation in sun-synchronous orbit by 2027.

Starcloud-3

The design that is supposed to make orbital data centers cheaper than terrestrial ones: a 200 kW, roughly three-tonne spacecraft sized to fit the dispenser SpaceX built for launching Starlink satellites from Starship. Starcloud projects electricity costs near $0.05 per kilowatt-hour from it, but only if commercial Starship launch reaches roughly $500 per kilogram, which the company expects around 2028 to 2029.

Falcon 9

SpaceX

Partially reusable two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle. The world's most frequently launched orbital rocket.

Falcon Heavy

SpaceX

Heavy-lift launch vehicle consisting of a strengthened Falcon 9 core with two additional boosters.

Dragon

SpaceX

Reusable spacecraft for cargo and crew transport to the International Space Station.

Starship

SpaceX

Fully reusable super-heavy-lift launch system designed for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. V3 (Block 3) variant with Raptor 3 engines is the production version.