AkaSci 🛰️6d ago

The solar array for the proposed SpaceX mini AI data center satellite will be around 175 m in length with a total area of ~1,000 sq m.

It is significantly longer than the Starship V3 rocket, which stands at 124.4 m and the ISS which spans 109 m.

Current Starlink v2 mini solar array is ~30x4 m.

Mini Sat AI will provide 100 kw of AI computing; future models 1,000 kw.

A million of them will light up the night sky, if this monstrosity ever sees the light of day.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/musk-offers-sneak-peek-at-orbiting-data-centers-theyre-bigger-than-iss
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Show threadAkaSci 🛰️6d ago

Blue Origin has filed for a 51,000 Orbital Data Center Satellite plan.

Another startup called Starcloud has also filed an FCC request to operate an 88,000 satellite constellation to support its own orbiting data center ambitions.

No doubt, other countries will enter the race.

Plus there are many thousands of additional comm satellites planned for launch.

Everyone seems to be making light of light pollution, space safety and the impact on Earth's atmosphere.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/blue-origin-joins-the-race-for-orbital-data-centers-with-51k-satellite
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@AkaSci At this rate, mankind is going to be trapped by its own greed and complacency inside this overheating polluted sphere...*shudder*
Mar 25 at 12:13pmWeb