5-month-old startup wants to launch 100,000 AI data centre satellites into space

A five-month-old Los Angeles startup called Orbital has asked American regulators for permission to do something that sounds almost implausible: launch up to 100,000 satellites into space, each one functioning as a data centre powering artificial intelligence. According to SpaceNews' reporting on the filing, the company submitted its application to the Federal Communications Commission on June 24, 2026, aiming to bring 10 gigawatts of computing power from space to meet rising demand for artificial intelligence.

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