The register

AI in space: language

Language models, with or without vision.

MarksRecordClassLaunchedRun reported
L3 R2 NAVI-Orbital on YAM-9Classified the scenes the satellite captured, described them in text and answered an operator's follow-up questions, all on board. language 28 Nov 2025 5 Jun 2026
L3 R1 Starcloud-1Trained a small language model in orbit and ran a larger one. language 2 Nov 2025 10 Dec 2025
L1 R1 Wukong AI on the Tiangong space stationAnswered the crew's questions, including the work schedule before a spacewalk. language 15 Jul 2025 16 Aug 2025
R1 A large language model on the International Space StationAnswered queries from documents held on board, without a link to Earth. language not applicable 1 Aug 2024

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