SpaceX’s Starlink Mini Laser terminal is designed to connect satellites directly into Starlink’s optical relay network. Credit: SpaceX
TAMPA, Fla. — Starcloud has ordered optical terminals from SpaceX to use Starlink as a global data-relay network for its future orbital data centers, deepening ties with the company it is counting on to launch full-size spacecraft.
The Redmond, Washington-based startup announced a contract May 26 for more than 50 Starlink Mini Lasers, enough to equip at least 25 satellites with two terminals each as part of a constellation that ultimately envisions 88,000 orbital data centers.
Financial details were not disclosed.
The terminals would connect Starcloud satellites directly into Starlink’s low Earth orbit mesh network, bypassing bandwidth-constrained ground stations.
