Starcloud-3
In Development
Starcloud
Overview
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.
In design. The August 2026 raise is explicitly for Starcloud-3 production lines at Woodinville and for booking launch. Still gated on commercial Starship around 2028 to 2029. Starcloud also hopes to fly Nvidia's still-unbuilt Vera Rubin Space-1 GPU on a late-2028 mission.