The register

First satellite to look ahead and retarget itself with onboard AI

Who claims it, in their own words, and what else was read.

Claimed for July 2025

  1. “The technology enabled an Earth-observing satellite for the first time to look ahead along its orbital path, rapidly process and analyze imagery with onboard AI, and determine where to point an instrument.”

    NASA JPL: the developer. Published 24 Jul 2025. Dynamic Targeting on CogniSAT-6

Unchecked. Recorded as made. No earlier claim was found, and none was searched for.

Recorded as made. EO-1 retargeted itself on detected events from 2003, but did not look ahead along its orbit as far as its page says.

What a status means

Every first claimed