Planet <\/b>recently performed AI-driven object detection directly onboard a Pelican-4 satellite, using the satellite\u2019s onboard Nvidia <\/b>Jetson Orin module. <\/p>\n
Planet shared details on Tuesday of the recent tech milestone. On March 25, Planet\u2019s Pelican-4 satellite captured an image of the airport in Alice Springs, Australia, and used the Nvidia Jetson Orin module to run an AI model onboard the satellite, which detected airplanes in the image. <\/p>\n
Planet says this is one of the first times an Earth imaging satellite has gone beyond data capture to onboard AI inference and analysis. The company says it sets the stage for a capability it calls planetary intelligence, in which satellites use AI models to understand, anticipate and reason about what is being observed, in real time. The company said these onboard models are in their early stages and will continue to be refined.<\/p>\n
Planet\u2019s Pelican satellites are equipped with Nvidia Jetson graphics processing units. The company\u2019s next-generation Owl satellites, announced in October, will also have Nvidia GPUs to perform AI processing in orbit. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis success is a glimpse into the future of what we call Planetary Intelligence at scale,\u201d said Kiruthika Devaraj, vice president of Avionics & Spacecraft Technology. \u201cBy running AI at the edge on the Nvidia Jetson platform, we can help reduce the time between \u2018seeing\u2019 a change on Earth and a customer \u2018acting\u2019 on it, while simultaneously minimizing downlink latency and cost. This shift toward integrated AI at the edge is a technological leap.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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