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orbit

[awr-bit] / ˈɔr bɪt /




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Elon Musk took a gulp of water on stage at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland last month and started talking up one of his latest passions: data centers orbiting Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, the scientific laboratory, which orbits 400 kilometres above Earth, has since been staffed by a skeleton crew of three.

From Barron's

Suchet emphasised that "the business model will still be largely institutional because countries are always interested in sending astronauts into low-Earth orbit".

From Barron's

To start, SpaceX would need to launch about 200,000 satellites into orbit each year, assuming that each satellite can last five years before being replaced, the analysts said.

From MarketWatch

Large amounts of data for AI might be processed more cheaply in orbit thanks to solar energy and ease of cooling.

From The Wall Street Journal