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AI in space: compute

Computers sent up to run AI, whatever has or has not been run on them.

MarksRecordClassLaunchedRun reported
L0 MOI-1AWas launched at the start of October 2026, by a news report. Its operator calls it an orbital AI lab; nothing has been reported run on it. compute Oct 2026 none
L1 Project Suncatcher prototypeReached orbit and made contact. Google says it will measure how its chips stand up to launch, radiation and heat; it reports no AI workload. compute 1 Oct 2026 none
L1 Kepler optical relay satellites, first trancheLaunched with computing modules aboard, which the operator reported commissioned two months later and offers to customers. No AI workload is named as run in what was read. compute 11 Jan 2026 none
L1 AxDCU-1 on the International Space StationWas sent to the station to test cloud computing and, by the plan announced, AI and machine learning. No AI workload is reported in what was read. compute Aug 2025 none
L3 Sidus Space's FeatherEdge computer on LizzieSat-3Was reported working in orbit by its operator, which sells its AI processing power. No AI workload is named as run in what was read. compute 15 Mar 2025 none
L3 Loft Orbital's YAM-6Flies as a satellite on which customers run their own software. The operator says it runs their missions daily; no AI workload is named in what was read. compute 4 Mar 2024 none
R1 MOI-TDRan experiments in low Earth orbit that its operator says included AI inference; what was inferred is not stated. compute 30 Dec 2024 in an undated source
L1 SpaceCube SCENIC on the International Space StationWas sent to the station as a testbed for AI and machine learning. What was read describes the plan and reports no result. compute Mar 2023 none

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