CancelledUncrewed Mars landing 2018
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“...to get to roughly an annualized rate of a gigawatt per year by the end of next year, in terms of space AI compute.”
— Elon Musk · Jun 8, 2026 · SpaceX Technical Talk on AI satellites at scale (Jun 8 2026) 26:15 ↗
▶ WATCH HIM SAY IT @ 26:15 — SPACEX TECHNICAL TALK ON AI SATELLITES AT SCALE (JUN 8 2026)
The fine print
Said in SpaceX's June 8 2026 technical talk on manufacturing/launching AI satellites at scale; Musk prefaced the projection 'people should take this with a grain of salt... this is not a promise of what we'll do.' 'By the end of next year' from a June 2026 statement = end of 2027.
The Progression
Jun 8, 2026
The promise: “...to get to roughly an annualized rate of a gigawatt per year by the end of next year, in terms of space AI compute.” · SpaceX Technical Talk on AI satellites at scale (Jun 8 2026) 26:15 ↗
Today · Jul 8, 2026
Status: Pending · 541 days left. Still waiting.
In a June 8, 2026 SpaceX technical talk on building and launching AI satellites at scale (the Gigasat/Starmind orbital data-center effort), Musk said SpaceX aims to reach an annualized rate of one gigawatt per year of space-based AI compute by the end of 2027, then aspirationally scale that by an order of magnitude per year (10 GW/yr in ~2.5 years, ~100 GW/yr in ~3.5 years). The target depends on Starship launch cadence and mass-produced AI1 compute satellites.
Receipts
LAST CHECKED 2026-07-07- [VIDEO] SpaceX Technical Talk on AI satellites at scale (Jun 8 2026) @ 26:15
- [TRANSCRIPT] Interview transcript (Singju Post)
- [VIDEO] Tom's Hardware (corroboration)
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