NVIDIA is a technology company, primarily known for its design and manufacturing of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and other high-performance computing solutions. While famous for their GPUs used in gaming and AI development, NVIDIA's role in the space industry is growing through partnerships. They provide AI and accelerated computing to companies like Sierra Space for space domain awareness and Spire for AI weather projects, and Lumen Orbit for AI-powered space based data centers. NVIDIA's technology enables advanced image analysis, AI, and real-time predictions for space-related applications, with their products even being tested for space-hardening to operate in harsh environments.
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The processing pipeline at the SETI Institute is driven by NVIDIA Holoscan.
Northrop Grumman and Luminary Cloud built a new physics AI model with support from NVIDIA.
Northrop Grumman continues to leverage NVIDIA’s expertise to accelerate the development of AI in advanced systems.
NVIDIA's accelerated computing is demonstrated by Northrop Grumman using Luminary Cloud's Physics AI platform for thruster nozzle design optimization.
Tim Costa is the Director of Accelerated Computing at NVIDIA.
The endeavor to realize on-orbit edge computing with NVIDIA GPUs is being pursued by Cosmic Shielding Corporation and Planet Labs.
NVIDIA claims that the H100 is approximately 100 times more powerful than any processor that has flown in space.
NVIDIA's high-end GPU, NVIDIA H100, will be installed on the Starcloud-1 satellite manufactured by Starcloud, and scheduled for launch next month.
If all goes as planned, Starcloud will launch more powerful satellites in the coming years to test more powerful NVIDIA GPUs, including the AI platform NVIDIA Blackwell, potentially improving performance by up to ten times.
Owl is equipped with NVIDIA GPUs to enable edge AI capabilities.
Planet announced that its next-generation monitoring satellites will include Nvidia GPUs for advanced onboard computing.
The Owl satellites will be equipped with Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) for AI processing at the edge.
Each Owl satellite carries the latest GPU processes from Nvidia to perform AI processing in orbit.
MSP/Plasteel™ is lightweight, easy to manufacture, and has been successfully tested in in-space missions, including a SpaceX launch protecting the Nvidia Jetson Orin NX GPU.
CSC will test popular electronics, such as Nvidia Jetson and Xilinx chips, under various types of radiation.
The Pelican constellation's satellites provide state-of-the-art capabilities, including high resolution, rapid revisits, and AI processing at the edge, powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform.
Nvidia had a market capitalization of more than $3,400,000,000,000 as of 2024-11-15.
Using two of Nvidia's SuperPOD racks would require two megawatts of power consumption.
One Falcon 9 launch for $67 million could transport 16 racks of Nvidia's latest SuperPOD for a combined performance of 23 exaflops.
This estimated cost represents roughly 30% of the current orbital costs of approximately $71 million excluding the Nvidia SuperPOD.