Name

OrbitsEdge

Legal name

OrbitsEdge, Inc.

Website

https://orbitsedge.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orbital Edge Computing Hardware

NAICS

Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414), Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336419)

SIC

Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760), Computer Communications Equipment (3576)

akta.pro primary industry

Edge & Micro Data Center Server Systems (HDACABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Edge Compute Infrastructure (Servers, HCI, GPU/AI at Edge) (HDABAOAC), Edge AI Hardware & NPUs (SoCs, modules, accelerators) (HDAAAJAC), Edge Compute Platforms (Serverless Edge, Edge Functions) (HDABAGAB), Edge Thermal Management & Environmental Controls (Cooling, HVAC, Sensors) (HDABAOAH)

Keywords

• Orbital edge computing
• Space-grade compute modules
• Radiation-shielded hardware
• In-orbit data processing
• Satellite bus platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Cocoa Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hosted Payload Services: Providing orbital edge computing infrastructure as a service to satellite operators who can integrate Edge systems into their spacecraft for AI tasks, Earth observation analytics, and mission-critical operations.
2. Hardware Platform Sales: Sale of Edge1, Edge10, and Edge100 computing modules designed for different power and performance requirements in space environments.
3. Multi-tenant Satellite Computing: Multi-tenant architecture allowing multiple customers to share computing resources on single satellites, enabling organizations to rent GPU capacity for image processing and other orbital compute tasks.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OrbitsEdge designs and supplies radiation-shielded, thermally-managed edge computing hardware (Edge1, Edge10, Edge100 modules) hosted on its proprietary SatFrame satellite bus to enable datacenter-grade compute, AI inference, and analytics directly in orbit. The company also offers hosted payload services, ground-based development boards, and Overwatch radiation-monitoring software for satellite operators, Earth observation firms, defense contractors, and space agencies.

Product overview

OrbitsEdge provides a comprehensive orbital edge computing infrastructure centered on the SatFrame platform—a proprietary satellite bus that enables high-performance computing in space. The product portfolio includes the Edge1 computing module (15 TOPS, 0.5U/1U size) as the primary flight-qualified unit for immediate missions, with planned Edge10 and Edge100 modules for higher-capacity needs. The SatFrame bus provides power, thermal control, and radiation shielding to host industry-standard COTS hardware. Ground-based development boards allow pre-launch testing on matched hardware, while Overwatch software provides radiation monitoring and mitigation. The company leverages an Above-the-Cloud approach to deliver edge computing and micro-datacenter capabilities directly in orbit for satellite operators, Earth observation companies, and space commerce applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SatFrame 445 LE: Proprietary satellite bus designed to protect sensitive hardware in space, featuring radiation shielding and thermal control systems.
• Edge1
• Edge10
• Edge100
• Overwatch

Products and services

• SatFrame 445 LE Satellite Bus Proprietary satellite bus designed to protect sensitive Commercial Off-The-Shelf hardware from the harsh space environment. Features a standard 19-inch server rack with 5U available space, solar panel arrays for power, battery backup, and thermal control system with cooling radiators. Targets satellite operators, defense customers, and space agencies needing flight-qualified compute infrastructure.
• Edge1 Computing Module Compact 0.5U (approximately 1U in final specs) space-rated computing module weighing 4.4 lb with 10W power draw, delivering 15 TOPS of AI processing capability. Includes radiation shielding and is designed for integration into satellites. First orbital demonstration scheduled for early 2026.
• Edge10 Computing Module Planned higher-power computing module representing an order of magnitude increase in compute performance over Edge1, in the Edge product line.
• Edge100 Computing Module Planned high-capacity computing module with the highest processing capabilities in the Edge product line, representing orders-of-magnitude increase over Edge1 specifications.
• Ground-Based Development Boards Ground-based test platforms engineered to match the compute systems deployed to space, allowing teams to test, validate, and optimize AI models and applications on real hardware long before launch. Used by mission teams to de-risk operations and accelerate readiness.
• Overwatch Software Software component that monitors and mitigates radiation effects on hardware and data, taking protective actions during solar storms or radiation events to defend data and hardware integrity on the SatFrame platform.
• SatFrame Hosted Payload and Integration Services Hosted payload and integration services offered in partnership with space agencies, commercial payload providers, and research institutions, providing turnkey integration of OrbitsEdge compute with customer missions and a faster path to orbit.

Quantifiable outcome

• Data transmission reduction from 20,000x in DNA analysis applications (13 min processing, 2 sec download vs weeks/months)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• SyntilaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership for first commercial mission in early 2026 involving AI-enabled shoe design in orbit. Syntilay, backed by Reebok co-founder Joe Foster, will use OrbitsEdge's Edge1 computing module to run AI agents that design a shoe in microgravity.
• Copernic SpacecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership to build a marketplace for space assets on blockchain. Copernic Space creates a way for people to buy compute power on OrbitsEdge and own the digital assets created in space, opening up new economic models for space computing.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 December 2019OEM agreement signed in December 2019 for OrbitsEdge to supply HPE Edgeline Converged Edge Systems onboard its SatFrame. OrbitsEdge provides radiation shielding and thermal management to enable HPE's commercial off-the-shelf hardware to function in orbit. This partnership makes OrbitsEdge a hardware supplier for HPE's space computing initiatives.
• Rogue Space SystemsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-year Letter of Intent for satellite servicing and inspection operations. Establishes OrbitsEdge at the center of the evolving in-orbit infrastructure ecosystem with focus on orbital operations and maintenance.
• Space Agencies & Research InstitutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborations with space agencies and research institutions for payload hosting and integration services. Enables streamlined access to orbital computing for scientific and exploration missions.
• Commercial Payload ProvidersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with commercial payload providers to offer hosted payload services, allowing customers to integrate computing capabilities with various launch and orbital platforms.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Loft Orbital: Loft Orbital operates a 'satellite-as-a-service' model that hosts customer payloads aboard standardized buses, similar in spirit to OrbitsEdge's hosted-payload and multi-tenant satellite computing thesis. Both companies wrap a standardized spacecraft bus around multi-tenant customer workloads.
• Ubotica Technologies: Ubotica builds AI and computer-vision processing systems for small satellites and has flown Earth observation inference in orbit. It is the closest direct competitor to OrbitsEdge's Edge1 AI inference module for onboard satellite analytics.
• KP Labs: Polish-based KP Labs develops onboard AI processing units (e.g., Leopard Data Processing Unit) for satellites, directly competing with OrbitsEdge's Edge1/Edge10/Edge100 modules in the emerging in-orbit AI inference category.
• D-Orbit: D-Orbit provides in-orbit services and hosted satellite infrastructure; it partners with payload operators and serves as an adjacent orbital services peer with overlap on hosted payload and orbital servicing (also relevant to OrbitsEdge's Rogue Space Systems LOI).

Emerging players

• BlackSky: BlackSky operates an Earth-observation constellation with significant onboard tasking and analytics capability. It is comparable as a customer/prospect for OrbitsEdge's edge compute modules and as a provider of near-real-time analytics that orbit processing could enhance.
• Capella Space: Capella operates SAR satellites with progressively more onboard processing. Comparable as a likely edge-compute customer and as an EO/remote-sensing operator whose customers benefit from OrbitsEdge's 20,000x data-reduction value prop.

Broad incumbents

• Planet Labs: Planet is a leading Earth-observation operator with deep pipelines and proprietary analytics. It serves as both an incumbent orbital data buyer and a potential anchor customer for OrbitsEdge's orbital compute services.
• Spire Global: Spire operates a LEO constellation producing large data volumes (weather, AIS, RF) that could directly benefit from onboard edge compute. Comparable as a primary-segment customer and a broad incumbent in hosted-payload satellite services.
• AWS Ground Station (Amazon): AWS Ground Station is Amazon's network of ground stations and a competitive alternative to orbiting data processing. It is a broad incumbent that defines the 'traditional' path OrbitsEdge seeks to bypass by computing in orbit instead of on the ground.
• Azure Orbital (Microsoft): Microsoft's Azure Orbital offers cloud-integrated satellite ground-station and data services. Comparable as a hyperscaler incumbent in the space-data value chain and a potential ecosystem partner or competitor to OrbitsEdge's cloud-orbit architecture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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