India's Skyroot Aerospace is preparing Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket, for launch by early August. Meanwhile, a company called Orbital is proposing 100,000 orbital data centers in space, a plan drawing fierce criticism from experts who call it impractical and driven by AI hype.
·Vikram-1 private orbital rocket launch targeted for August 4 from India
·Orbital announces plans for 100,000 orbital data centers in space
·Experts denounce orbital data center concept as fundamentally flawed
·Sweden's Esrange spaceport targets 2028 for first orbital launch via SSC Space and Firefly
·Research continues on orbital mechanics applications including giant mirror systems
drawn from Reuters, SpaceNews, The Hindu, Futurism · updated 8h ago