The Data Centers in LEO
StarCap · Ibrahim Quabboua
Part I — WHY ORBIT, WHY NOW
1
The wall Earth hit
2
What SpaceX actually changed
3
The inversion
Part II — THE PHYSICS YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH
4
Power
5
Heat
6
Radiation
7
Bandwidth
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Where Part II leaves us
Part III — ANATOMY OF A COMPUTE SATELLITE
8
Walking the machine
Part IV — THE SECTOR SKELETON
9
Launch and cargo
10
Power
11
Thermal
12
Radiation-tolerant compute
13
The compute platform
14
Communications and the ground segment
15
In-space assembly and servicing
16
Debris, traffic and insurance
17
Outside the United States
Part V — DOES IT PENCIL
18
The cost model, and who would buy the output
19
What Earth gets back
Part VI — THE HORIZON
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2030, 2035, 2040
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What would delay this, and what would prove it wrong
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How to use this book
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Closing
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Appendices
A
Constants & formulas
B
Glossary
C
Sources
D
Disclosure
E
The companies
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