“RT @BrendanCarrFCC: The FCC welcomes and now seeks comment on the SpaceX application for Orbital Data Centers. The proposed system would s…”
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“RT @SawyerMerritt: UPDATE: The FCC has accepted SpaceX’s filing for a new non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) system of up to one million satell…”
“RT @SpaceX: Falcon 9 lifts off from pad 4E in California and deploys 25 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit https://t.co/My03hrodHS”
“RT @StockSavvyShay: SpaceX just filed with the FCC to launch up to 1M satellites designed to function as solar-powered orbital data centers…”
“Definitely [@aaronburnett] Cathie discussing SpaceX convergence on orbital data centers and reusable rockets with Peter and friends. Ark and team deserve a ton of credit for not only recognizing that last year was the right time to begin diving deep into SpaceX modeling, but also for being so generous with… https://x.com/i/web/status/2017690607318405419”
“Space is huge [@PTrubey] Btw, for those horrified about the prospect of a million AI data center satellites orbiting the earth, Elon is correct when he says space is huge. Earth’s circumference is about 25,000 miles. So if you spaced satellites every 1/2 mile from each other, you could put 50,000… https://x.com/i/web/status/2017628392720568518”
“RT @ezrafeilden: Awesome detail from the SpaceX orbital datacenter filing - heliocentric disposal of satellites at their end of life. This…”
“RT @niccruzpatane: SpaceX says it aims to deploy up to 1 million orbital satellite data centers in space to provide enough compute power fo…”
“100GW/year of solar-powered AI satellites requires 100GW/year of AI computers … [@niccruzpatane] Elon is not messing around. SpaceX has just filed an application with the FCC seeking authority to launch and operate a massive new satellite constellation dedicated to orbital data centers. ITS HAPPENING. Tesla Terafab is next.”
“The satellites will actually be so far apart that it will be hard to see from one to another. Space is so vast as to be beyond comprehension. [@cb_doge] BREAKING: SpaceX wants to turn Space into the World’s Biggest AI Data Center. • SpaceX is seeking approval to launch and operate up to one million satellites designed to function as orbital data centers. • These satellites would provide massive computing power to support… https://x.com/i/web/status/2017466825538474065”
“SpaceX is now providing precise positional awareness of objects in Earth orbit to all satellite operators for free. This will greatly reduce the probability of collisions that create orbital debris (space junk) hazards. [@Starlink] SpaceX has developed a novel Space Situational Awareness (SSA) system, called Stargaze → To maximize safety for all satellites in space, @SpaceX will be making Stargaze conjunction data available to all operators, free of charge. By providing this… http://starlink.com/stargaze”
“RT @SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 25 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/YBi2FrJnUi https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1lDxLBLAmbmGm”
“Stretch goal for Starship V4 is 300 tons of thrust per engine with 33 engines, so 10,000 tons of total thrust. That is 3 times the power of the Saturn V Moon rocket. [@XFreeze] SpaceX’s Starship is already one of the biggest flying objects ever built and it’s still getting bigger • With Starship 4, total size could grow ~10–20% • Raptor thrust jumps ~20%, nearing 9,000 tons at sea level • Enough to send 200+ tons to useful orbit • Fully &… https://x.com/i/web/status/2014607481159463407”
“@skorusARK Starship will add ~3 orders of magnitude to SpaceX mass to orbit and beyond”
“@ID_AA_Carmack Certainly an argument for staying low enough at first to allow atmospheric drag to clean things up. At least for the first several years, AI hardware will advance fast enough that an orbital lifetime of ~5 years is fine. Note: once you get far enough into space, it’s just so… https://t.co/ByNJnPV7SB https://x.com/i/web/status/2013743389779382320”
“RT @XFreeze: SpaceX now operates the largest satellite constellation in Earth orbit Starlink today: • ~65–70% of all active satellites aro…”
“Falcon delivering satellites to orbit https://t.co/uPBieEab8I https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1dRKZaZOMnMxB”
“RT @DimaZeniuk: The day SpaceX sent humans to orbit for the first time 🍀 https://t.co/4u9ekAPwr8”
“RT @SpaceX: At SpaceX, helping to keep Earth orbit safe for everyone is a top priority, and we’re committed to leading the industry in spac…”
“RT @SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/n8bElvYnsL https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrxmBvBoAQKy”
“RT @SpaceX: Falcon 9 launches the @ASI_Spazio COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation to orbit from California https://t.co/ZhvDG9vw9h”
“RT @XFreeze: SpaceX delivered ~90% of Earth’s payload mass to orbit in 2025 That’s nearly 9× more than the rest of the world combined http…”
“RT @teslaownersSV: BREAKING: SpaceX now has over 9,000 satellites orbiting Earth, twice as many as the rest of the world combined. https:/…”
“@VladSaigau SpaceX has over 9000 satellites orbiting Earth right now, which is twice as many as the rest of the world combined. So maybe we know a thing or two about the subject …”
“RT @MarioNawfal: TESLA CHIPS, SPACEX SERVERS, xAI MODELS – GALAXY MIND IS FORMING Abundance doesn’t scale on Earth – but it does in orbit.…”
“RT @NASAMars: And you thought it was hard to scroll through all the photos on your phone... NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped…”
“RT @SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/0CmhB6M22z https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpMElqrLxE”
“@DrPhiltill @adamholtwrites SpaceX has way more satellites in orbit than the rest of the world combined, so maybe we know a thing or two about the subject 🤣 Starlink V3 will be 20kW and launched at scale around Q4 next year. No problem to scale that to >100kW if the satellite mass is shifted towards solar… https://t.co/6wPLn97Vff https://x.com/i/web/status/1998872465087541752”
“RT @teslaownersSV: Elon Musk “A fully reusable orbital rocket may be the hardest engineering problem of all time. SpaceX is tackling it wit…”
“RT @CJHandmer: Here's one idea about SpaceX's next big thing. AI computing (inference) on orbit, but how the hell can SpaceX do this cheape…”
“@CathieDWood A major additional factor should be considered. Satellites with localized AI compute, where just the results are beamed back from low-latency, sun-synchronous orbit, will be the lowest cost way to generate AI bitstreams in <3 years. And by far the fastest way to scale within 4… https://t.co/Ae5UeQLukw https://x.com/i/web/status/1997706687155720229”
“RT @SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/IdVhYIC3sM https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1yNxabknEvRKj”
“SpaceX is accelerating rapidly. When Starship is launching several times a day in a few years, SpaceX will be ~99% of all Earth payload mass to orbit, even if the others triple their current launch rate. [@FutureJurvetson] 🚀 T͢h͢e͢ ͢Q͢3͢ ͢L͢a͢u͢n͢c͢h͢ ͢R͢e͢p͢o͢r͢t͢ ͢j͢u͢s͢t͢ ͢c͢a͢m͢e͢ ͢o͢u͢t͢🚀 For kg launched to orbit, SpaceX has 97% share for the U.S. and 83% globally. The eight Chinese launchers add up to 8.6%. Looking into the graph's magnifying box, IDF just nudged past Rocket Lab. https://x.com/i/web/status/1994495568291532883”
“RT @SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida https://t.co/3hJCCXDGMa https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1OdKrOgAYevGX”
“@Benioff Starship should be able to deliver around 300 GW per year of solar-powered AI satellites to orbit, maybe 500 GW. The “per year” part is what makes this such a big deal. Average US electricity consumption is around 500 GW, so at 300 GW/year, AI in space would exceed the entire US”
“Scale [@XFreeze] ELON MUSK: "We see a path to putting 100 gigawatts per year of solar-powered AI satellite into orbit. And having this be actually the lowest cost way to power and operate AI at a very large scale For reference, the United States consumes roughly 460 gigawatts on average per”
“It is a hard path to 100GW/year of AI in space, but we know what to do [@Teslaconomics] This statement mind boggles Ron Baron. Elon is talking about putting 25% of U.S.’s electricity output of solar powered AI satellites into orbit. Best believe SpaceX’s Starlink and Tesla’s energy business is going to benefit materially from this. “We see a path to putting 100”
“RT @MarioNawfal: ELON: TO SCALE CIVILIZATION, WE’LL HAVE TO MOVE AI TO DEEP SPACE “I see a path to Starship cost-per-ton-to-orbit being lo…”
“@GrantObi Of course not. Duffy understands nothing about how anything works. The importance of the Moon for scaling AI did not occur to me until we did the scaling math on Earth to figure out what it would take to launch >1TW/year of orbital AI.”
“This is an accurate picture of orbital rocket launches so far this year. 90% Falcon with the massive @SpaceX Starship standing out very clearly. [@ApoStructura] All 258 rockets launched in 2025 so far, chronologically and at scale.”
“RT @SpaceX: While our Transporter rideshare missions launch to a sun synchronous orbit, Bandwagon missions launch to a mid-inclination orbi…”
“@rmcentush Starship could deliver 100GW/year to high Earth orbit within 4 to 5 years if we can solve the other parts of the equation. 100TW/year is possible from a lunar base producing solar-powered AI satellites locally and accelerating them to escape velocity with a mass driver.”
“RT @SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch the Bandwagon-4 mission to orbit https://t.co/yqReYHJ5p3 https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1ZkKzZnVXjDKv”
“RT @SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California https://t.co/OTOiWONK7j https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1OdKrObLpvVGX”
“RT @Truthful_ast: SpaceX’s current large ambitions: -Moon base Alpha on the Moon. -A Mars colony -Data centers in orbit -Starlink V3 bring…”
“RT @MarioNawfal: 🚨 10,000 STARLINK SATELLITES IN ORBIT - AND NOBODY'S EVEN CLOSE SpaceX crossed 10K satellites last week. For context: the…”
“SpaceX is now launching roughly the same number of satellites in a year as the number of operational non-SpaceX satellites in orbit cumulatively [@SawyerMerritt] SpaceX has officially surpassed its total number of launches from all of 2024 (138) — with more than two months still left in 2025. The company has launched over 2,500 Starlink satellites in 2025 alone. An absolutely incredible pace of progress 🚀”
“Nice work by the @xAI team on https://t.co/op5s4ZiSwh! The goal here is to create an open source, comprehensive collection of all knowledge. Then place copies of that etched in a stable oxide in orbit, the Moon and Mars to preserve it for the future. Foundation. http://Grokipedia.com”
“@JoelSercel Despite significant growth by our competitors, especially China, SpaceX will probably increase from ~90% of Earth’s total payload to orbit to ~98% in about 24 months due to Starship”
“As is pointed out below, the SpaceX Falcon rocket will do more launches and carry more payload to orbit this year than the Space Shuttle did in its entire history [@ApoStructura] Falcon 9 vs Space Shuttle, all launches in one chart. F9 is on track to launch more times in 2025 alone than the Space Shuttle has in its history. Hard to overstate how successful SpaceX’s approach to reusability has been.”
