{"id":62446,"date":"2019-05-17T23:55:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/satellite-leaders-embrace-machine-learning-revolution\/"},"modified":"2019-05-17T23:55:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:55:54","slug":"satellite-leaders-embrace-machine-learning-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/satellite-leaders-embrace-machine-learning-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite Leaders Embrace Machine Learning Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Machine Learning (ML) is an industry game changer, with the potential to impact the way satellites are operated and automated. But while we\u2019re accustomed to our home-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) devices, we\u2019re only beginning to scratch the surface of ML and AI in the satellite industry, said speakers at the SATELLITE Show\u2019s packed Monday afternoon session, \u201cHow Machine Learning Offers to Revolutionize Satellite Operations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwenty years ago, AI was very new, very exciting,\u201d said speaker Rajeev Gopal, Vice President (VP) of advanced systems at Hughes. \u201cWith AI and ML, there\u2019s a great bit you can automate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sEIpyUDQnWft8XahNGpE_ShowDaily19_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sEIpyUDQnWft8XahNGpE_ShowDaily19_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sEIpyUDQnWft8XahNGpE_ShowDaily19_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sEIpyUDQnWft8XahNGpE_ShowDaily19_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sEIpyUDQnWft8XahNGpE_ShowDaily19_Cover_WrapUp_DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2019 Wrap Up Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>Spencer Ziegler, director of space U.K. at SCISYS, said ML applications can be leveraged for infinite purposes, like improving the Mars rover \u2014 which can use AI-fueled observations to figure out where to travel and what data to collect on the Red Planet. \u201c[ML] helps us explore the lifecycle end-to-end of how a space mission works,\u201d said Ziegler. \u201cWith the mission to Mars, we\u2019re integrating aspects of ML to the Rover to help identify objects and record data.\u201d In past GPL missions the Rovers did not have autonomy, and often missed important data, he added. <\/p>\n<p>For Maria Demaree, VP and general manager of space mission solutions at Lockheed Martin, advances in ML have fulfilled personal \u2014 as well as professional \u2014 aspirations. \u201cIt took me 30 years to get to this panel,\u201d said Demaree, recalling her college years, when she dreamed of working with AI. \u201cIt\u2019s finally coming to the point where we\u2019re embracing it. When we were trying to do AI 30 years ago, we were just trying to build the computer to be as smart as it could be. The ability to think past those four corners wasn\u2019t there. I would say that over the past three to five years it\u2019s become very exciting and now you don\u2019t have a conversation where it doesn\u2019t come up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lockheed Martin is currently focusing its research on areas such as image recognition and natural language processing \u2014 specifically, how ML capabilities can enhance researchers\u2019 and scientists\u2019 jobs, she said. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6a2e74ea505;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a6a2e74ea505 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6a2e74ea507').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a6a2e74ea507'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>But when session moderator Caleb Henry, staff writer at Space News, asked whether AI would soon automate most satellite industry workers\u2019 jobs, the answer among all three speakers was a clear \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really not trying to turn over everything to robots,\u201d Demaree said. \u201cIt\u2019s about providing our analysts, our users, a way to be more accurate and more efficient.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ziegler said there\u2019s often a perception in consumer or trade media that one simply can \u201cplug something in\u201d and start reaping profits. \u201cThat\u2019s not how it works,\u201d said Ziegler. \u201cIn satellite operations \u2026 you\u2019ll be using ML to support humans. It will let us work with more systems, more complex systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gopal agreed. In December, the service provider made headlines for its successful demonstration of a new AI-based enterprise management and control technology for military leaders. The technology \u2014 formally known as the Flexible Modem Interface (FMI) \u2014 was designed as part of a U.S. Air Force program, and uses an AI rules engine to derive insights. \u201cIf you look at today\u2019s systems \u2026some are only 80, 90 percent accurate,\u201d he said. \u201cYou can\u2019t replace humans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demaree said that many, if not most, jobs require close collaboration between dedicated workers and the back-end algorithms that produce insights. \u201cWhen we look at imagery and change detection, that\u2019s a manual process,\u201d said Demaree. \u201cIf we could have a computer to say, \u2018this is a naval yard, this is a machine yard\u2019 \u2026 you really expand the capability of our analysts. We\u2019re giving more efficient capability to end users. Our approach isn\u2019t to eliminate the human in the loop.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Speakers also discussed the importance of leveraging ML for emerging applications, such as improving satellite-system monitoring by alerting end users if performance deviates from established boundaries, or thresholds. In time, more satellites will be equipped with self-monitoring capabilities, which will alert operators to problems quickly. <\/p>\n<p>Yet there are still some challenges around data \u2014 from gathering the right information at the right time, to sharing information with other providers. Henry pointed out that because the space industry is smaller than other industries, such as telecom, there are concerns over whether there is enough data available to drive decisions. There are also concerns that too much data exists in silos, which could stymie progress. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do believe there is the right amount of data, but the question is can we get to it?\u201d said Demaree, suggesting there are security issues that put restrictions on providers sharing all data all the time. \u201cHow do we bring the data sets together in the cloud? That\u2019s the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another challenge is figuring out how to sift through the deluge of unimportant data to get to the mission-critical insights. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of data being generated, whether it is Internet of Things (IoT) or Earth Observation (EO),\u201d said Spencer. \u201cBut a lot of it is of no use to us.\u201d <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 376:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/QIzo7iTERFsI6i4Gg56R_ptjkH7aTJ2Y19ZBkKrAW_Sat2019_Banner2028229-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" 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me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eJZQPUxISymE55aFsB3P_ptjkH7aTJ2Y19ZBkKrAW_Sat2019_Banner2028229-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eJZQPUxISymE55aFsB3P_ptjkH7aTJ2Y19ZBkKrAW_Sat2019_Banner2028229-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eJZQPUxISymE55aFsB3P_ptjkH7aTJ2Y19ZBkKrAW_Sat2019_Banner2028229-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eJZQPUxISymE55aFsB3P_ptjkH7aTJ2Y19ZBkKrAW_Sat2019_Banner2028229-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/eJZQPUxISymE55aFsB3P_ptjkH7aTJ2Y19ZBkKrAW_Sat2019_Banner2028229.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tAntenna Manufacturers Grapple With Heightened Demands<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 381:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/zpAthWObSmGlGSSpmF62_IMG_3281-1000x5622028129-1-300x169.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/zpAthWObSmGlGSSpmF62_IMG_3281-1000x5622028129-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/zpAthWObSmGlGSSpmF62_IMG_3281-1000x5622028129-1-800x449.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/zpAthWObSmGlGSSpmF62_IMG_3281-1000x5622028129-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/zpAthWObSmGlGSSpmF62_IMG_3281-1000x5622028129-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"fs-4 w-100 line-clamp-3\">\n<p>\t\t\t\tBlue Moon Rising Sparks Dramatic End to SATELLITE Week<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p><!-- .post-snippet --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"my-3 d-block d-md-none\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 380:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/agLZ2cwRTqoSZ0Xu4uzA_asfwU9iX2028229-300x200.jpeg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/agLZ2cwRTqoSZ0Xu4uzA_asfwU9iX2028229-300x200.jpeg 300w, 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