Cowboy Space submits FCC application for a 20,000 satellite orbital data center constellation
More entrants: space startup Cowboy Space Corporation (previously Aetherflux) has filed with the FCC for a new 20,000-satellite NGSO constellation named in the application as the 'Stampede Data Center System'.
The application specifies a system with an operational lifetime of five years operating in dawn-dusk sun-synchronous orbits contained in orbital shells between 700 (434 mile) and 1000km (621 mile) altitudes, communicating through optical laser links, which will begin launching in 2028.
The company has been collaborating with Nvidia to deploy the tech giant’s Space-1 Vera Rubin Modules, specialized for establishing AI infrastructure in LEO.
Last week, the company declared its $275 million Series B, closed with a $2 billion valuation, announcing its aspiration to pursue “vertically integrated orbital data centers and rockets”.