Company - Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Product/Service - Spaceborne Computer
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Category
- In-Orbit Computing
In-Orbit Data Storage
- Status
- Demonstrated
- First launch
- 2020
- More than a dozen payloads representing diverse research areas will launch to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard Northrop Grumman’s 20th Commercial Resupply Services mission contracted by NASA. The launch is planned for no earlier than January 29, 2024.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will test an updated version of HPE Spaceborne Computer-2, a commercial off-the-shelf supercomputer based on HPE EdgeLine and ProLiant servers. HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 is equipped with software that enables performance in the harsh environment of space. Results from this investigation could streamline space-based research by providing quicker in-orbit data processing. Insight gained could also enable high-performance computing on future long-duration missions.
HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 returns to the International Space Station, 2024-01-30.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced it has sent a third iteration of the HPE Spaceborne Computer, built from commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, to the International Space Station (ISS) via a Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services mission, contracted by NASA, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
- Mission goal is to build on previous success and provide the international scientific community access to an expanded scope of space-based edge computing, AI and machine learning capabilities.
- The goal of HPE Spaceborne Computer-2’s latest trip is to build upon the system’s previous success while expanding the scope and complexity of data center-level processing and high performance computing (HPC) that can be done in space, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads. This configuration of the award-winningi HPE Spaceborne Computer, based on HPE Edgeline and ProLiant servers, has been updated with over 130 TB of flash-based storage from KIOXIA, the most storage to ever travel to the space station on a single mission. This includes four KIOXIA 960 GB RM Series Value SAS, eight 1,024 GB XG Series NVMe and four 30.72 TB PM6 Enterprise SAS SSDs. The additional flash memory storage will make it possible to run new types of applications and conduct research using larger data setsii through the ISS National Laboratory.
- Improvements to HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 also include an updated operating system, NASA space flight support software and new system security. Once on board the space station, the health and status of these technologies will be monitored daily to assess the performance in the harsh conditions of space.
Status Comment / Notes
News, Research, Projects and Patents
| Title | Type | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spaceborne Computer-2 shows results on space station | News | 2021-08-18 | |
| HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 linked to Azure cloud for the Space Station | News | 2021-02-11 |
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