As AI Grows, Should We Move Data Centers to Space?

Data centers are hot. Literally. In the U.S., data centers burn through more than 4% of total annual energy consumption, says ...
中国日报网

China's private rocket maker deploys six satellites into orbit

Galactic Energy conducts a launch of its Ceres 1 rocket on Friday. [Photo by Wang Jiangbo/chinadaily.com.cn] Galactic Energy, a private rocket maker in Beijing, conducted a launch of its Ceres 1 ...
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Google’s space data center proposal faces catastrophic collision risks in low Earth orbit

Google’s ambitious Project Suncatcher proposes launching a constellation of 81 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) to ...
West Central Tribune

Check on Santa’s progress to west central Minnesota

NORAD replaced CONAD in 1958 and took over the mission of tracking Santa’s flight around the world, and they have been tracking Santa every year since! Radar: It all starts with the NORAD radar system ...
WMNF

Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to ...
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Galactic Energy launches five satellites into orbit

Galactic Energy, a private rocket maker based in Beijing, successfully launches a mission Monday afternoon, deploying five satellites into orbit. [Photo by Wang Jiangbo/for chinadaily.com.cn] Galactic ...
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Google’s next moonshot is putting TPUs in space with ‘Project Suncatcher’

This would involve Google Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chips being placed onboard an interconnected network of satellites to “harness the full power of the Sun.” Specifically, a “solar panel can be ...
NextBigFuture

Nvidia H100 is in Space on Starcloud-1

The Starcloud-1 satellite launched this Sunday and has successfully separated from the SpaceX rocket that brought it to orbit. About the size of a small refrigerator, the 60kg satellite features the ...
SpaceNews

China launches new Gaofen-14 stereo mapping satellite

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang spaceport Oct. 26 (UTC) carrying the Gaofen-14 (02) Earth observation satellite. Credit: Ourspace HELSINKI — China added to its Earth observation fleet late ...
Interesting Engineering

China’s satellite that can track ocean salinity and soil moisture passes in-orbit test

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In Orbit You Have to Slow Down to Speed Up

If you watch sci-fi movies, you’d think that flying a spaceship is just like driving a slightly more complicated car (or a Winnebago in Spaceballs). And George Lucas gave us those galactic battles ...