Lumen Orbit is a new startup wants to "put hundreds of satellites in orbit, with the goal of processing data in space before it's downlinked to customers on Earth."
"Lumen's business plan calls for deploying about 300 satellites in very low Earth orbit, at an altitude of about 315 kilometers (195 miles). The first satellite would be a 60-kilogram (132-pound) demonstrator that's due for launch in May 2025."
"We started Lumen with the mission of launching a constellation of orbital data centers for in-space edge processing, Essentially, other satellites will send our constellation the raw data they collect. Using our on-board GPUs, we will run AI models of their choosing to extract insights, which we will then downlink for them. This will save bandwidth downlinking large amounts of raw data and associated cost and latency."
If you're wondering who wants this, there's a bunch of investors listed in the article, and it says they've raised $2.4 million to start with.
Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space - GeekWire
