k8star transforms satellite constellations into resilient, self-orchestrating compute clusters. Powered by real-time SGP4 orbital propagation, optical laser ray-casting, and zero-ground-station autonomous workload migration.
Low-Earth Orbit is hostile to traditional Kubernetes scheduling. High-power edge inference, solar eclipses, and laser Line-of-Sight constraints require autonomous, orbital-aware middleware.
de421.bsp) every 3 seconds.
nearest-neighbor=primary and taints the dark satellite with :NoExecute, migrating AI pods over laser cross-links automatically!
Experience how k8star autonomously orchestrates workloads when a satellite plunges into Earth's shadow. Click below to trigger the orbital failover sequence.
nearest-neighbor=primary before tainting host with :NoExecute.
k8star bridges astrophysics, astrodynamics, and cloud-native orchestration into a single autonomous middleware stack.
Propagates TLE orbits using Python Skyfield and NASA JPL de421.bsp ephemeris at 1× realtime UTC, computing geocentric 3D Euclidean coordinates and WGS84 subpoints.
Simulates optical laser links (OISL) by projecting Earth's center onto the vector segment between satellites, strictly rejecting links that graze within the 80 km atmospheric boundary.
Patches the sunlit optical destination node with nearest-neighbor=primary prior to applying :NoExecute taints to prevent scheduler deadlocks during eviction.
Strictly compliant REST endpoints (/satellites, /satellite-telemetry, /cluster-nodes) with Pydantic schemas, RFC-compliant error envelopes, and kebab-case URIs.
SQLite database engine enforcing active foreign keys (PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON) with cascading deletes across 3,100+ satellites and real-time telemetry updates.
Avoids cluster lockups when satellites re-enter sunlight by executing clean JSON merge patches with empty lists [], ensuring instant workload eligibility.
From high-throughput hyperspectral Earth observation to resilient defense communications.
Satellites equipped with high-resolution optical cameras process terabytes of raw imagery to detect forest fires and natural disasters in real-time, handing off inferences over laser links before eclipse entry.
Mega-constellations like Starlink and Kuiper utilize optical cross-links to form an orbital internet backbone. k8star ensures compute containers follow the Sun across orbital planes.
In contested space environments where ground telemetry links may be jammed, satellite clusters execute autonomous threat detection and orbital track correlation completely offline.
Ready to transform your Low-Earth Orbit constellation into a self-orchestrating Kubernetes cluster? Explore the repository or start the local testbed cluster.