Chose what to send down and re-aimed the satellite at events it detected, over fourteen years of operation.
| Operator | NASA |
|---|---|
| Developer | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Host | Earth Observing-1 |
| Where | Earth orbit |
| Class | planning |
| Hardware | not stated in what was read |
| Model or software | Onboard planning and execution with machine learning and pattern recognition |
| Launched | 21 Nov 2000 |
| Ran | 2003 to 2017 |
| Ended | 2017 |
| Catalogue | EO-1, number 26619; matched by name, the reviewer's judgement |
“The Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment (ASE) is operating onboard the Earth Observing-1 mission since 2003.”
JPL Artificial Intelligence Group: the developer. ASE (Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment), JPL Artificial Intelligence Group. Published undated (no date on the page; its text mentions 2017). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: about the first 1,700 of 3,900 characters.
“The ASE software uses onboard continuous planning, robust task and goal-based execution, and onboard machine learning and pattern recognition to radically increase science return by enabling intelligent downlink selection and autonomous retargeting.”
JPL Artificial Intelligence Group: the developer. ASE (Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment), JPL Artificial Intelligence Group. Published undated (no date on the page; its text mentions 2017). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: about the first 1,700 of 3,900 characters.
“Science Scenarios Executed: 1470 Positive Triggers: 257”
JPL Artificial Intelligence Group: the developer. ASE (Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment), JPL Artificial Intelligence Group. Published undated (no date on the page; its text mentions 2017). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: about the first 1,700 of 3,900 characters.
“EO-1 was decomissioned in Spring 2017.”
JPL Artificial Intelligence Group: the developer. ASE (Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment), JPL Artificial Intelligence Group. Published undated (no date on the page; its text mentions 2017). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: about the first 1,700 of 3,900 characters.
OBJECT_NAME: EO-1; LAUNCH_DATE: 2000-11-21
CelesTrak satellite catalogue: a public catalogue. Satellite catalogue record 26619, CelesTrak. Published undated (a live catalogue record; the access date is the date that matters). Read 4 Oct 2026, in full.
Graded U, not R, because the page reports years of routine use with counts. It is still the developer's own page.
Launch confirmed from the catalogue.