Firefly Aerospace signs Starcloud payload deal for lunar-orbit computing demo

• Firefly Aerospace signed a commercial payload agreement with Starcloud for an AI computing demonstration in lunar orbit.
• Starcloud’s SC-1L compute payload will fly on Firefly’s Elytra vehicle to validate a future data-center concept around the Moon.
• Mission targeted to launch no earlier than 2028 on Firefly’s third lunar mission; Elytra planned to remain in lunar orbit for five years.

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