ReOrbit Announces “Space Cloud” in Collaboration with Google Cloud to Unlock New Orbital Data Economy
Helsinki, Finland – ReOrbit, a leading provider of software-enabled satellite solutions, today announced the launch of “Space Cloud.” Space Cloud aims to become a network of multi-purpose satellites capable of moving and processing data securely in space. This transformative multi-year space initiative, developed in collaboration with Google Cloud, targets to pioneer a distributed, high-performance space-based data centre network.
The First True Space Cloud
The goal of this project is to develop an infrastructure that will utilise a distributed mesh network of data processing satellites with localised AI compute, interconnected by optical inter-satellite links for lightning-fast data transmission. By combining ReOrbit’s software-enabled satellite architecture with Google’s world-class expertise in AI and cloud orchestration, the project aims to create an infrastructure to address the critical demand for European and NATO data sovereignty. Space Cloud is designed to ensure that sensitive intelligence remains secure, actionable, and under sovereign control in an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape.
The First Space Cloud: An Optical Data Network for Moving and Processing Data in Space
This multi-year initiative focuses on solving foundational challenges in space-based computation and networking through commercial cooperation. Central to the project is the development of a proprietary network orchestration software layer. In a hands-on design partnership, Google Cloud is providing technical know-how to help ReOrbit build a cloud-based management system modelled after the orchestration principles Google Cloud uses for its global terrestrial data centres. This enables the Space Cloud to dynamically coordinate complex tasks, AI workloads, and data routing across a mesh network of satellites.
Quantum-Era Security and Sovereign Connectivity
Space Cloud is engineered to serve the most demanding needs of military, government, and financial institutions through a bifurcated architecture:
The Sovereign Space Cloud: An air-gapped, isolated architecture owned and operated by ReOrbit, providing a secure perimeter for national security data.
The Commercial Space Cloud: A backbone for the orbital data economy, featuring a marketplace for Earth Observation insights and commercial edge computing.
To enable this "Data Processing Unit" architecture, the multi-purpose satellites will feature a sophisticated suite of capabilities:
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD): Protecting critical data flows with tamper-proof cryptographic keys, essential for security in the quantum era.
Optical Laser Terminals: Enabling lightning-fast inter-satellite links to move data across the orbital mesh without relying on ground-based bottlenecks.
Edge Processors: Shifting high-performance computing to the "ultimate edge" for real-time AI processing in orbit.
IoT & Direct-to-Device (D2D): Providing 3GPP-compliant connectivity for seamless communication between space assets and standard mobile devices.
Executive Commentary
"Space Cloud reflects a long-standing vision of ReOrbit, now made possible by the convergence of technological maturity and market pull. In partnership with our ecosystem, we are set to scale quickly and transform the orbital economy with intelligent, AI-enabled satellite infrastructure for the decade ahead," said Sethu Saveda Suvanam, CEO and Founder of ReOrbit.
"We are pleased to collaborate with ReOrbit on the 'Space Cloud' project, which explores an interesting approach to orbital data processing," said Markus Hongisto, Google Cloud Country Manager, Finland.
"This initiative allows us to share our technical expertise in cloud orchestration and AI to support ReOrbit as they build new ways to manage data securely,” continued Hongisto.
About ReOrbit
ReOrbit is a satellite connectivity innovator that designs and builds software-defined, interconnected satellites in Finland for high-speed data transmission and distributed AI processing in orbit.