25/06/2026
Congratulations to the D-Orbit team and all the project partners on this outstanding achievement.
This milestone is a great example of the value created by combining our complementary expertise. Together, we're turning a shared vision into real capabilities that will help shape the next generation of connected space services.
On 10 June 2026, our Space Cloud Business Unit established a live SSH session with our fourth orbiting Intelligent Network Node — using an Addvalue radio over the Viasat constellation.
This is not an incremental update. Spacecraft hosting our on-board computers are no longer isolated assets: they are now part of a persistent, interconnected orbital computing fabric.
During the same session, the team downloaded a 5 MB payload image in less than four minutes over an always-connected channel. What would normally require multiple ground-station passes over several hours was accomplished in a single, continuous session.
Why this matters:
🔹 Satellites will increasingly operate as connected edge-computing platforms — with low-latency access and continuous connectivity through commercial and other constellations. This demonstration is a concrete example of what that future looks like in practice.
🔹 These results advance the foundation we are building for continuous data exchange between spacecraft, distributed computing in orbit, and integration with third-party constellations — reducing reliance on ground-station windows.
This infrastructure is designed to let partners and service providers build, brand, and operate their own services on top of our growing on-orbit capabilities. AI-eXpress, a solution co-funded by the ESA - European Space Agency Incubed programme, led by Planetek Italia in partnership with D-Orbit and AIKO - Infinite ways to autonomy, is already doing this by running on the Space Cloud infrastructure that uses AI and Blockchain in Space to enhance satellite reactivity, responsiveness, and low-latency information delivery.
This is the model that we believe will scale the space economy: open infrastructure that empowers an ecosystem of service providers, each delivering unique value to their own customers.
Huge congratulations to the people who made this milestone possible, especially Federico D'Anzeo, Carlo Radice, Gabriele Vittori, Luca Tonini, Leonardo Amoruso, Vito Fortunato, Martina Carnio, and Thomas Dell. And many thanks to the ESA team, Daniele Romagnoli, and Gianluca Furano, for their efforts in coordinating the AIX project.
