Who claims it, in their own words, and what else was read.
“Launched YAM-6, the world's first satellite dedicated to running AI in space”
Loft Orbital: the operator. Published 14 Jan 2025. Loft Orbital's YAM-6
Contested. Another source, read here, reports something that may be earlier or the same. Which is right turns on a definition or on a fact not stated.
Φ-sat-1 flew a chip for neural networks in 2020, as an experiment on a satellite with other work to do. Whether that leaves this the first one dedicated to AI turns on the word.
“is the first experiment to demonstrate on-board feature detection using hyperspectral Earth observation Convolutional Neural Networks”
ESA Φ-lab: the operator. Published undated. Φ-sat-1, flown on FSSCat