Space travel: Reflex is building a satellite for an American AI data center in space
The Berlin start-up is working with US start-up Orbital on a special project: an AI data center with up to 100,000 satellites. The challenges for this are enormous.
Reflex Aerospace, a Berlin-based satellite start-up, has secured its first order from the US, working with Orbital to design a satellite for a massive space-based data centre. The start-up aims to complete a prototype by the end of 2027, capable of up to 250 kilowatts. If plans proceed, production could begin in the US in 2028, with Orbital aiming to deploy up to 100,000 satellites. Orbital, backed by Andreessen Horowitz, was founded by Euwyn Poon, who previously founded a electric scooter company sold to Ford in 2018.
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