News Summary

Kepler Communications, a Canadian company, has launched the largest compute cluster currently in orbit, featuring 40 Nvidia Orin edge processors on 10 operational satellites interconnected via laser communications. This initiative, aimed at enhancing space-based sensor capabilities, has attracted 18 customers, including Sophia Space, a startup testing its proprietary operating system on Kepler’s satellites. The collaboration aims to solve cooling challenges for space computers and demonstrate the utility of Kepler’s network in processing ground-uploaded and hosted payload data. This development positions Kepler alongside companies like SpaceX in the growing orbital data processing sector.