AI Satellite Imagery Enabled by Intel

Last year 95 satellites launched into space. Having satellites go up into orbit and go about their work is nothing unusual since the start of this practice in 1957. As there is a high potential for research to be done in space, unmanned satellites can provide us with a lot of useful data. Now Intel works with ESA and Ubotica to go one step further, by sending up an AI-powered satellite. The PhiSat-1 (also ɸ-Sat-1) has the size of a cereal box and was launched from French Guiana, on September 2nd, 2020, on board of Vega Flight VV16 run by Arianespace. Intel claims that this is the first time someone has attempted to use AI like this and the satellite since moves at over 17,000 mp/h (27,500 km/h) in sun-synchronous orbit about 329 miles (530 km) overhead. Media credit: All video footage shown is owned by Intel Corporation. Intel made this available for media as part of a press kit. The thumbnail image is owned by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech.