"Musk hopes to deploy up to one million of these satellites to provide a virtually unlimited source of computing power for AI, and told employees that generating AI compute in space will be cheaper than terrestrial data centers in just two to three years."
"A 'mini' version of the AI satellite will dwarf even SpaceX's Starship rocket, the largest rocket in the world at about 408 feet tall. That also means it's considerably longer than the International Space Station, at 358 feet."
"From the moment Musk first unveiled these plans last month, astronomers feared that the enormous satellite constellations would block observations of deep space. Now, with the newly revealed size estimates, the threat may be even worse than feared."
Elon Musk aims to deploy one million solar-powered satellites as orbital data centers, promising cheaper AI computing in space within two to three years. The satellites will be significantly larger than SpaceX's Starship and the International Space Station, primarily due to their solar arrays. While Musk provided rough size estimates, concerns have arisen among astronomers about the potential impact of these massive satellite constellations on deep space observations, suggesting the threat may be greater than initially anticipated.
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