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Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
Sister websites www.nanosats.eu and www.factoriesinspace.com

SpaceX (Starmind)

Constellation name Starmind
Constellation area Space Data Center, Orbital Data Center (ODC), Orbital Data Relay
Constellation info

Orbital satellite with localized compute that takes advantage of readily available power and cooling in space and beams back data via high-bandwidth lasers to the Starlink constellation.
Constellation state Prototype development
Launched satellites 0
Planned satellites 1000000
Satellite size Satellite
Manufacturer In-house
First launch 2027
Photos SpaceX
Photo source [1]
 
Logo SpaceX logo
Entity name SpaceX
Oneliner

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. 
Funding $1B+
Nation US
Established 2002
Socials
 
Related project SpaceX - Starlink Gen1
Related project SpaceX - Starshield
Related project SpaceX - Starlink V2 Mini
Related project SpaceX - Starlink V3
Related project SpaceX - Starlink V2 Mini DTC
 

Last modified: 2026-08-04

What is NewSpace?

NewSpace is a global industry of private companies and entrepreneurs who primarily target commercial customers, are backed by risk capital seeking a return, and seek to profit from innovative products or services developed in or for space.

NewSpace Global, newspaceglobal.com

Alt.space, NewSpace, entrepreneurial space, and other labels have been used to describe approaches to space development that different significantly from that taken by NASA and the mainstream aerospace industry.

Hobby Space, hobbyspace.com

People, businesses and organizations working to open the space frontier to human settlement through economic development.

Space Frontier Foundation, spacefrontier.org