Sophia Space says it has selected Apex to supply a satellite bus for its first on-orbit computing node. The company announced the selection in late June 2026, with SpaceNews reporting that Sophia made the choice on June 22 and PR Newswire reporting a June 23 announcement. Sophia, based in Pasadena, California, is developing space-based edge computing capabilities and plans to demonstrate real-time orbital computing using the selected bus. While the outlets describe the goal of bringing computing capability to orbit, they do not provide extensive technical specifications in the provided excerpts. The announcement frames Apex as a supplier of productized satellite platforms and indicates that the bus will be used as the platform underpinning Sophia’s initial orbital computing demonstration. Additional details about the demonstration’s scope, schedule, or payload configuration are not included in the provided text. Overall, both sources agree on the core point: Sophia has chosen Apex’s satellite bus to enable its first on-orbit computing node and related enterprise-focused real-time computing demonstration.