THE DATABASE AT 550 KILOMETERS: WHAT ORBITAL COMPUTING MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATABASES

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Space-based AI infrastructure shifts the bottleneck from compute to state. Orbit may suit high-value GPU compute, but not storage, because launch costs make satellite persistence pricier than terrestrial storage. Distributed SQL can work in orbit, but needs orbital-aware lease placement, decommissioning, and jurisdiction-aware replication.