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Blue Origin's proposed 51,600-satellite constellation to move energy- and water-hungry compute into orbit.
Google's Project Suncatcher put a satellite carrying four TPU chips into orbit on Oct. 1 to test AI computing in space. NPR reported the chips run only 15 minutes before cooling down, and that limit decides how much computing each launched kilogram can deliver.
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Jeff Bezos said Blue Origin will likely go public in several years, after its first outside raise of $10 billion at a reported $140 billion valuation. Outside investors get about 7% of a company with no listing date and a rocket not due to fly again until December.
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Cowboy Space has asked the FCC to approve Stampede, a 20,000-satellite data center constellation it says can skip the power grid entirely. Forecasts around these filings put meaningful capacity after 2030, too late for any power plan due this decade.
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Blue Origin's first outside raise reached $10 billion at a $140 billion valuation, the Wall Street Journal reported, with Bezos putting in $2 billion. About $8 billion of outside money is pricing a company whose rocket has not flown since a May pad explosion.
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SpaceX, Blue Origin, Google and Starcloud have filings out for well over a million compute satellites. The deadline is a sales pitch; the paperwork is a read on ground power and permitting.
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