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Aug 24, 2026

Nvidia partners with SpaceX to launch AI supercomputer into orbit in Q4 2027

Nvidia and SpaceX announced plans to launch a space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 AI system aboard the Starmind AI satellite in late 2027, marking Nvidia's first orbital computing deployment.

Aug 24, 2026·2 sources

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▪The Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 is a rack-scale AI supercomputer that packs 72 Rubin GPUs and 36 Vera CPUs connected through NVLink 6 interconnects
▪Nvidia's Vera Rubin architecture offers improvements in tokens per watt and reduced inference costs, which are critical for space deployments where satellite solar panels generate finite power
▪The Nvidia Vera CPU features 88 Nvidia-designed Olympus cores and up to 1.2 TB/s of memory bandwidth, completing tasks up to 1.8 times faster than comparable x86 processors

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