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Kepler to add Nvidia hardware to data relay satellites for on-orbit computing
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Kepler Communications is adding Nvidia hardware to its planned optical data relay satellites.
Key facts
- Ontario-based Kepler Communications aims to orbit ten 300-kilogram (661-pound) satellites, each equipped with a minimum of four optical terminals capable of space, air, and ground connection
- In November, during a high point of the recent orbital data center mania, Starcloud sent an Nvidia H100 GPU to space on a test satellite, claiming it would deliver up to 25x more AI compute in space
- This architecture removes one of the longest-standing constraints in space operations,” said Mina Mitry, CEO and co-founder of Kepler Communications, in a statement
- Nvidia is also launching its technology with Aetherflux, Axiom Space, Planet Labs PBC, Sophia Space, and Starcloud, stressing space-hardened hardware to stand up to the semiconductor ionizing
Summary
Kepler has announced it will equip on-orbit computing across the first tranche of its constellation, utilizing 40 Nvidia Jetson Orin modules as Edge compute GPUs across ten satellites. “This architecture removes one of the longest-standing constraints in space operations,” said Mina Mitry, CEO and co-founder of Kepler Communications, in a statement. Kepler itself stresses applications like AI-driven Earth observation analytics, multi-sensor data fusion, RF signal intelligence, autonomous network operations, and intelligent optimization. Unlike some, the company has not stressed the need to adopt the computing responsibilities of earthside data centers, a tech trend experts have recently decried for a wealth of reasons, including the limits of downstream speed from orbit.