US EditionMusk's SpaceX applies to launch 1m satellites into orbit
SpaceX plans up to 1 million solar-powered satellites to provide AI computing capacity for billions, aiming for cost and energy efficiency, the company said in its FCC filing.
- Late on Friday, SpaceX filed with the Federal Communications Commission an eight-page document requesting permission to launch up to one million satellites for an Orbital Data Center system.
- The filing says orbital data centers are more energy-efficient to meet AI demand and rising energy costs of Earth-based data centers, supplying compute capacity for billions of users globally.
- Musk wrote on his social media site X: `The satellites will actually be so far apart that it will be hard to see from one to another. Space is so vast as to be beyond comprehension. the Starlink satellites, which provide high-speed internet, they would operate in low-Earth orbit at altitudes from 500-2,000km.`
- Regulators face a test after the FCC cleared a second-generation Starlink request for 7,500 satellites this month but withheld a 22,488-request that would dwarf the existing Starlink network of over 9,600 satellites.
- Preparing an IPO, SpaceX aims to fund rapid Starship launches as the application frames the effort toward a Kardashev II reference, while experts warn about costs and debris risks.
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SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit
SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX's strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations. The filing proposes establishing a network of solar-powered data centers in low Earth orbit that communicate with one a…
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