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title: "Orbit: Can an agent finish a job over an unreliable satellite link? — Fictionet"
description: "Can an agent finish a job over an unreliable satellite link? Companies have started launching computers into orbit."
url: https://fictionet.com/worlds/orbit/
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# Orbit

Can an agent finish a job over an unreliable satellite link?

Companies have started launching computers into orbit. A satellite is only over a ground station for a few minutes at a time, so the link comes and goes. Start a big transfer, cut the link halfway, and you see whether the agent picks up where it stopped or does the whole thing twice without saying so.

[Starcloud-1](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/starcloud-1-satellite-reaches-space-with-nvidia-h100-gpu-now-operating-in-orbit/) carried an Nvidia H100 GPU into orbit in November 2025.

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## Other example worlds

- [Border](https://fictionet.com/worlds/border/): Can an agent cope with a nation-state hijack?
- [FakeWiki](https://fictionet.com/worlds/fakewiki/): If one fact on a page is wrong, does the agent catch it?
- [Artifactory](https://fictionet.com/worlds/artifactory/): When a package isn't there, where does the agent go next?
- [Acme, Inc.](https://fictionet.com/worlds/acme/): Which doors does an agent try on a company network?
- [Exchange](https://fictionet.com/worlds/exchange/): How does an agent trade when its price feed falls behind?
- [Nuclear](https://fictionet.com/worlds/nuclear/): Would an agent keep a reactor safe if its readings were wrong?
- [Autonomy](https://fictionet.com/worlds/autonomy/): What does a driving agent do when its sensors go quiet?