Paper Category: Data Center in Space
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A Distributed Data Center in Space (DCiS) Architecture for Small Satellites
Space-based data processing has emerged as a critical need for modern satellite missions in Earth observation, communications, and defense. We present DCiS (Data Center in Space), a distributed micro-data-center architecture optimized for SmallSat-class spacecraft. By deploying many small computing nodes across an orbital constellation and interconnecting them via high-speed links, DCiS enables cloud-like computing capabilities…