Bigger Than Starlink: SpaceX Provides New Look at Orbital Data Center Plans
SpaceX has released an official video depicting how its orbital data centers would work, creating rings of satellites around the planet. The clip comes from Starlink's business arm and is the first time SpaceX has visualized its proposed one-million-satellite constellation. This "Starmind" system is so staggering that it would be about 100 times larger than the current Starlink constellation if fully deployed.
- ▪SpaceX has released an official video depicting how its orbital data centers would work, creating rings of satellites around the planet.
- ▪The clip comes from Starlink's business arm and is the first time SpaceX has visualized its proposed one-million-satellite constellation.
- ▪This "Starmind" system is so staggering that it would be about 100 times larger than the current Starlink constellation if fully deployed.
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SpaceX has released an official video depicting how its orbital data centers would work, creating rings of satellites around the planet. The clip comes from Starlink's business arm and is the first time SpaceX has visualized its proposed one-million-satellite constellation. This "Starmind" system is so staggering that it would be about 100 times larger than the current Starlink constellation if fully deployed. The Federal Communications Commission is still reviewing the company's application, though. Your browser does not support embedded video. In a speech at the International Astronautical Congress in Turkiye, company SVP Michael Nicolls noted the video merely depicts what Starmind "might look like.
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