Aug 24, 2026 · 44 min · 11 segments
While orbital data centers have drawn attention and driven headlines this year, there's another story unfolding in spaceborne computing — the evolution of the space edge. It's a shift to…
Rachel JewettHost
While orbital data centers have drawn attention and driven headlines this year, there's another story unfolding in space-borne computing, the evolution of the space edge.
It's a shift to higher-powered satellites that can process data at the edge, right where it's collected.
Voyager Technologies CTO Paul Tillman joins On Orbit this week to unpack this shift and how it supports the rise of proliferated data collected in space and applications like missile defense that demand shorter timelines from sensor to decision.
Paul explains some of the underlying trends associated with this shift, the potential for clustered computing in space, and the importance of compatibility and open standards versus bespoke systems.
He also shares an update on SpaceEdge, Voyager's space-hardened managed cloud infrastructure that's designed to bring computing power directly to orbit.
I'm Rachel Jewett, and you're listening to On Orbit, the podcast that asks, what's our future in space? Hi, Paul.
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