Loft Orbital's YAM-6
Flies 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.
- L3 Launched: confirmed by a party with no stake, or by public data. Rests on c5.
| Operator | Loft Orbital |
|---|---|
| Developer | Loft Orbital |
| Host | YAM-6 |
| Where | Earth orbit |
| Class | compute |
| Hardware | processors and graphics processors, not named in what was read |
| Model or software | customers' own software; none named |
| Launched | 4 Mar 2024 |
| Ran | no run reported |
| Catalogue | YAM-6, number 59126; matched by name, the reviewer's judgement |
What was said, and by whom
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“Launched YAM-6, the world's first satellite dedicated to running AI in space”
Loft Orbital: the operator. Announcing Loft's $170M Series C, Loft Orbital. Published 14 Jan 2025 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: two sentences of 9,700 characters.
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“Today, we are running virtual missions on YAM-6 every day for partners and customers such as Helsing, Microsoft, Agenium, NTT, and many others.”
Loft Orbital: the operator. Announcing Loft's $170M Series C, Loft Orbital. Published 14 Jan 2025 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: two sentences of 9,700 characters.
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“Launching on Transporter-10, YAM-6 will abstract away the hardware by providing access to Loft-owned sensors and compute nodes that support AI.”
Loft Orbital: the operator. YAM-6: The Rise of the Virtual Mission, Loft Orbital. Published 21 Nov 2023 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: three sentences of 5,400 characters.
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“We've developed software that lets our customers deploy their own AI models directly onboard our satellites.”
Loft Orbital: the operator. Inside Loft Orbital: Building smarter satellites with AI, Loft Orbital. Published 30 Jun 2025 (page metadata). Read 4 Oct 2026, in part: four sentences of 8,100 characters.
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OBJECT_NAME: YAM-6; LAUNCH_DATE: 2024-03-04
CelesTrak satellite catalogue: a public catalogue. Satellite catalogue record 59126 (YAM-6), CelesTrak. Published undated (a live catalogue record; dated by when it was read). Read 4 Oct 2026, in full.
Claims to a first
- First satellite dedicated to running AI: contested. 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.
Notes
Listed as launched, not as run, by a narrow reading: the operator says missions run on it every day and that customers can put AI models on its satellites, but names no model that has run on this one. Its sister satellite YAM-9 has a run on record under another entry.
Changed
Added on 4 October 2026, in the second round of reading.
Cite or share
Loft Orbital's YAM-6. Every AI that has run above the Kármán line, graded by evidence. Reviewed 4 Oct 2026. https://karman-si.pages.dev/r/yam-6/
Address: https://karman-si.pages.dev/r/yam-6/
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