The register

AI in space: classical

Autonomy by fixed algorithms, with no learned model named. In the register, and kept out of the count of models run.

MarksRecordClassLaunchedRun reported
L3 R2 Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy on the Starling swarmLet four satellites decide between themselves, with no instruction from the ground, which signals each should observe. classical 18 Jul 2023 2024
L3 R1 DART's autonomous targetingAimed the spacecraft at a small asteroid by itself, and hit it. classical 24 Nov 2021 26 Sep 2023

Other classes: compute, language, learning, perception, planning. How a claim is graded.