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Cowboy Space founder and chief executive Baiju Bhatt says the company is developing an energy grid in orbit. Its first satellite, Reason 1, has reached orbit and the team is communicating with it daily, according to Bloomberg.
Why it mattersThe Bloomberg video’s title frames the company’s plans around data centres in space. The reported milestone is early: it offers no detail here on how the orbital energy grid would work or when it might support computing infrastructure. Space-based data centres are a striking computing proposition; getting a satellite to phone home is a first step, not a power grid.
Discuss: What should count as proof that orbital computing is becoming practical: a working satellite, or a demonstrated way to power and run data centres in space?
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