SpaceX Bets on 1 Million AI Satellites, Sparking Astronomy Worries
SpaceX has unveiled a plan to deploy up to one million solar-powered satellites to provide AI computing from orbit, including a gargantuan “mini” satellite that dwarfs Starship; a proposed $20 billion Terafab facility would generate up to 200 billion AI or memory chips per year, while astronomers warn such a constellation could severely hinder deep-space observations, and analysts estimate deployment costs could exceed $1 trillion.
