About 15,000 satellites are presently in orbit across all operators.

SpaceX’s FCC filing projects that orbital data centres could capture solar energy almost continuously, reducing reliance on terrestrial power grids and cutting operational and cooling costs.

Starship has conducted 11 test flights since 2023.

The Starlink network currently comprises around 9,500 spacecraft.

SpaceX intends to use Starship both for deploying on-orbit data centre satellites and for expanding Starlink with larger, more capable satellites.

Approval from the Federal Communications Commission would be only the first regulatory step before an orbital data centre system could become viable.

SpaceX’s proposal relies on the development of Starship to dramatically reduce launch costs and enable deployment of unprecedented mass to orbit at high frequency.

The satellites in SpaceX’s FCC filing are designed to harness near-continuous solar power and provide on-orbit processing capacity for AI data centres.

The second day of SSSIF 2026 will be dedicated to security and will include interventions by General Isaac Crespo, head of the Spanish Space Command.

SSSIF 2026 will focus on security challenges facing the European space industry.

The seventh edition of SSSIF will include participation by NATO for the first time.

The Mando del Espacio del Ejército del Aire y del Espacio de España (Spanish Space Command) will participate in SSSIF 2026.

Thematic focus of SSSIF 2026 is 'Secure communications and other dual-use technologies' addressing technological and industrial capabilities to be developed in Spain and Europe.

SSSIF 2026 expects to gather more than 190 aerospace companies and around 400 experts from over 20 countries.

The AEE, sector association TEDAE, and leading companies will participate in the panel 'Communication strategy and talent retention in the space sector' at SSSIF 2026.

Satlantis will moderate the panel 'Challenges of European resilience from space and national constellations' at SSSIF 2026.

NATO will join participants at SSSIF 2026 including NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Spanish Space Agency (AEE).

SSSIF 2026 will address European strategic autonomy in space, including reducing dependencies, increasing system reliability, and reinforcing technological sovereignty.

SSSIF 2026 will include a new Developers' Workshop to support startups and universities by providing lessons learned and key aspects of the space mission development cycle.

Telespazio will lead the panel 'Space for the benefit of society' at SSSIF 2026.

SSSIF 2026 program will include presentations on quantum secure communications and optical communications.

The Spanish Space Agency (AEE) and the European Space Agency (ESA) will participate in the panel 'Secure communications and quantum keys' at SSSIF 2026.

Teresa Riesgo, Secretary General for Innovation at Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, will participate in the inaugural day of SSSIF 2026.

Michela Muñoz of NASA, who was the first Spanish person to work for NASA, will speak on the final day of SSSIF 2026.

Companies scheduled to participate in SSSIF 2026 include Airbus, GMV, Hispasat, Indra, Oesía, Satlantis, Sener, Servitron, and Telespazio.

Representatives of the Junta de Andalucía will participate in the inaugural day of SSSIF 2026.

The first day of SSSIF 2026 will conclude with the panel 'Dual use from the companies' perspective' led by the law firm Mas and Calvet with participation from Colonel Vicente Navarro of the Spanish Space Command.

The Small Satellites & Services International Forum (SSSIF) 2026 will be held in Málaga from 17 to 19 February 2026.

ICEX will preside over the panel 'International collaboration in the space industry' at SSSIF 2026.

SpaceX’s Stargaze platform is operating in a closed beta with more than ten satellite operators.

Beginning in spring, satellite operators will be able to submit their own orbital predictions and receive combined collision information that incorporates Stargaze data.

Stargaze orbital data are automatically aggregated and potential close-approach events are processed as Conjunction Data Messages.

SpaceX will provide collision assessment data via its proprietary management platform to other satellite operators.

Stargaze collects daily pass data from approximately 30,000 star trackers across the Starlink constellation.

Stargaze uses optical sensors mounted on Starlink satellites to track objects in orbit over short time intervals.

Stargaze collects roughly 30 million pass observations per day and derives detailed orbital position and velocity data.

Stargaze reduces collision assessment time from several hours to a matter of minutes.

SpaceX will provide Stargaze conjunction data free of charge to many satellite operators within the next few weeks.

SpaceX has developed a Space Situational Awareness system called Stargaze to reduce satellite collision risk in low Earth orbit.

The commercial plan for the combined SpaceX–xAI venture depends entirely on the flight rate of Starship.

SpaceX intends the proposed satellites to function as solar-powered orbital data centers that tap near-constant sunlight to run high-performance AI compute tasks.

The planned SpaceX IPO later in 2026 could be the largest IPO in history.

Starship is expected to begin delivering V3 Starlink satellites and dedicated AI satellites later in 2026.

xAI had been burning billions of dollars to compete with OpenAI and Google prior to the acquisition.

The merger creates a vertically integrated innovation engine designed to leverage orbital infrastructure to bypass energy and cooling constraints currently limiting AI development on Earth.

SpaceX acquired xAI on February 2, 2026 in a deal that values the combined entity at approximately $1.25 trillion.

On January 30, 2026 SpaceX filed a regulatory request with the Federal Communications Commission seeking authorization to launch a constellation of up to one million satellites.

The acquisition provides xAI with a stable balance sheet and an exit strategy for its investors via a SpaceX IPO planned for later in 2026.

SpaceX plans to establish permanent bases on the Moon using Starship’s in-space propellant transfer capability.

Private reusable rocket systems are being trialed for a rocket-based parcel delivery service in collaboration with Alibaba’s Taobao platform aiming for one-hour global shipping.