Every orbital data center project, one API call

Who it's for

Anyone following the race to put AI compute in orbit: one clean, sourced table instead of a dozen press releases, with the launches and orbits next to it.

Try it

The orbital compute tracker, live. Filter by company, status or a word such as TPU, H100 or constellation.

Real sample output

Captured from a live call to this API (first 2 rows).

{
  "query": {
    "company": null,
    "status": null,
    "category": null,
    "q": "TPU"
  },
  "count": 2,
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": "google-suncatcher-tpu-prototype",
      "company": "Google",
      "partners": [
        "Planet"
      ],
      "project": "Project Suncatcher: first TPU prototype satellite",
      "category": "prototype satellite",
      "hardware": "4 Google Trillium-generation TPUs",
      "launch_date": "2026-10-01",
      "launch_date_text": "1 Oct 2026 (Transporter-18, window opens 18:18 UTC)",
      "launch_vehicle": "SpaceX Falcon 9",
      "launch_mission": "Transporter-18 rideshare, Vandenberg SLC-4E",
      "ll2_launch_id": "67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79",
      "status": "scheduled",
      "scale": "1 satellite",
      "funding_public": null,
      "norad_ids": [],
      "celestrak_names": [
        "SUNCATCHER"
      ],
      "summary": "Google's first TPUs in orbit, on a prototype satellite developed with Planet, to measure how the chips handle launch stress, radiation and thermal extremes in low Earth orbit.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "publisher": "Google (blog.google)",
          "date": "2026-09-24",
          "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/",
          "fact": "First TPUs go to orbit on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare, developed in partnership with Planet"
        },
        {
          "publisher": "Gizmodo",
          "date": "2026-09-24",
          "url": "https://gizmodo.com/googles-project-suncatcher-is-sending-ai-chips-into-space-next-week-2000816985",
          "fact": "Four Google TPUs (Trillium) launch next week on Transporter-18"
        },
        {
          "publisher": "The Space Devs Launch Library 2",
          "date": "2026-09-30",
          "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/",
          "fact": "Transporter 18: NET 2026-10-01T18:18:00Z, status Go, SLC-4E"
        }
      ],
      "verified_on": "2026-09-30",
      "auto_norad_ids": [],
      "launch": {
        "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)",
        "net": "2026-10-01T18:18:00Z",
        "status": "Go",
        "status_name": "Go for Launch",
        "window_start": "2026-10-01T18:18:00Z",
        "window_end": "2026-10-01T19:16:00Z",
        "source_url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/"
      },
      "source_urls": [
        "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/",
        "https://gizmodo.com/googles-project-suncatcher-is-sending-ai-chips-into-space-next-week-2000816985",
        "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/67213393-7983-4c06-8b44-b8c785a5ed79/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "google-planet-suncatcher-pair",
      "company": "Google",
      "partners": [
        "Planet"
      ],
      "project": "Project Suncatcher: two prototype satellites with cross-links",
      "category": "prototype satellites",
      "hardware": "Google TPUs (per satellite count not stated)",
      "launch_date": null,
      "launch_date_text": "early 2027 (target)",
      "launch_vehicle": null,
      "launch_mission": null,
      "ll2_launch_id": null,
      "status": "planned",
      "scale": "2 satellites flying in tandem with high-bandwidth cross-links",
      "funding_public": null,
      "norad_ids": [],
      "celestrak_names": [],
      "summary": "Planet builds and operates two prototype satellites for Google to test TPUs working together over high-bandwidth inter-satellite links.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "publisher": "Planet (planet.com)",
          "date": "2025-11-04",
          "url": "https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-to-build-and-operate-advanced-space-platform-for-project-suncatcher-moonshot/",
          "fact": "Planet will deploy two prototype satellites for Google, targeting a launch by early 2027"
        },
        {
          "publisher": "Google (blog.google)",
          "date": "2026-09-24",
          "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/",
          "fact": "We'll test our work on this in 2027 when we put two satellites in orbit"
        }
      ],
      "verified_on": "2026-09-30",
      "auto_norad_ids": [],
      "source_urls": [
        "https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-to-build-and-operate-advanced-space-platform-for-project-suncatcher-moonshot/",
        "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-research/google-project-suncatcher-facts/"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "data": {
    "projects_verified_on": "2026-09-30",
    "launches_updated": "2026-09-30T18:59:06Z",
    "orbits_updated": "2026-09-30T18:59:48Z",
    "source": "Orbitwren curated tracker by CyberMax: every row cites its source URLs; unknown values are null, never estimated.",
    "note": "Company names identify projects only; no affiliation with or endorsement by any company listed. Unknown values are null, never estimated."
  },
  "limits": {
    "requestsPerMinutePerIp": 20,
    "rowsPerCall": 100,
    "timeoutSeconds": 10
  }
}

Limits, plainly

Free and rate limited so it stays fast for everyone. Up to 100 rows per call. The free Hugging Face dataset has the daily snapshot as CSV; the API adds filters, the countdown, orbits and the change log for your code and agents.

• Up to 100 rows per call; 20 calls a minute per IP on the free tier.
• Free tier: 100 calls a day per IP, no key. Paid keys from $9/month (see Get an API key).
• Tracker rows are verified by hand against company pages and reputable news; unknown values are null, never estimated. Launches (The Space Devs Launch Library 2) and orbits (CelesTrak) refresh daily; every response says when.
• Company names identify projects only; no affiliation with or endorsement by any company listed. Unknown values are null, never estimated.

Rather read it than call it?

The live tracker page has the whole table, the launch countdown and every source link, free. The daily CSV snapshot is on Hugging Face.

Get an API key

Orbital compute and space data center tracker API: every public project putting AI compute in orbit (Google's Project Suncatcher, Starcloud, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, Aetherflux and more) with company, hardware in orbit, launch date, status, publicly stated funding and a source link for every fact; the next 200 orbital launches from The Space Devs Launch Library 2 with rideshare and compute flags; CelesTrak orbits for the compute satellites; the next compute launch with a countdown; and a daily change log. Keys work on the REST API and the MCP server.

Pay with card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Link through Stripe Checkout (sales tax/VAT handled by Stripe). Your key appears on the page you return to right after checkout: save it. Manage or cancel any time at orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/manage. Send it as x-api-key: YOUR_KEY (or Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY, which MCP clients support). Check usage at /key. Failed calls are not counted. Launch-data APIs are cheap but have no compute tracker: RocketLaunch.live's API comes with its Premium membership (pay what you wish, $3/month minimum) and The Space Devs Launch Library 2 is free at 15 requests an hour (higher limits for Patreon supporters); space-industry research is reading, not data: Payload Pro is $999 a year (checked 30 Sep 2026). Orbitwren is the data layer for the orbital-compute race: 100 free calls a day, $5 for 2,000 calls, or $9/$19/$49 a month.

curl -s "https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/api/projects?..." -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

# MCP (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code)
{ "mcpServers": { "orbitwren": { "type": "http", "url": "https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/mcp",
  "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY" } } } }

# Usage so far
curl -s https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/key -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

Use the API

JSON over HTTPS, CORS enabled, no key. GET for quick calls, POST a JSON body for lists. Spec: openapi.json · llms.txt

curl -s "https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/api/projects?"

# lists: POST a JSON body
curl -s -X POST https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/api/projects \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"company":"starcloud"}'

import requests

r = requests.post("https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/api/projects",
                  json={"company":"starcloud"}, timeout=30)
r.raise_for_status()
for row in r.json()["projects"]:
    print(row)

Endpoints: /api/projects orbital compute and space data center projects, with sources · /api/launches upcoming orbital launches, rideshare and compute launches flagged · /api/next the next orbital-compute launch, with a countdown and what is on board · /api/orbits orbit elements for orbital-compute satellites (celestrak) · /api/changes day-to-day change log: status, launch dates, norad ids · /api/status data freshness and counts (free, not metered)

Add it to your AI agent (MCP)

A remote MCP server at https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/mcp (streamable HTTP, no auth). Read-only tools with JSON schemas, so agents know exactly what to send.

// Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, any MCP client (remote, no key)
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orbitwren": { "type": "http", "url": "https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/mcp" }
  }
}

# Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http orbitwren https://orbitwren.cybermax-tools.workers.dev/mcp

# Tools: orbital_compute_projects, next_compute_launch, upcoming_launches, compute_satellite_orbits, tracker_changes
# e.g. orbital_compute_projects({"q":"TPU"})

• orbital_compute_projects
  Orbital compute / space data center projects: company, partners, hardware in orbit, launch date, vehicle, status, scale, publicly stated funding, NORAD IDs and source URLs. Filter by company, status, category or text.
• next_compute_launch
  The next launch carrying a tracked orbital-compute project, with NET, window, status, seconds to launch and the projects on board.
• upcoming_launches
  Upcoming orbital launches from The Space Devs Launch Library 2 with rideshare and orbital-compute flags; filter by days ahead, rideshare, compute, provider, country or text.
• compute_satellite_orbits
  CelesTrak orbit elements with perigee/apogee and period for tracked orbital-compute satellites (by NORAD ID or project).
• tracker_changes
  Day-to-day changes: project status, launch dates, NORAD IDs, tracked launch NET/status.

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