Processing data... in space: AWS powers Earth observation satellite payload
Amazon Web Services claims to have delivered a first in operating a suite of machine learning software running on a satellite in orbit, as a testbed for others to collect and analyze data directly on orbiting satellites using its cloud.
According to AWS, the teams worked to build a software prototype that would include the tools they had jointly identified as essential for the Earth observation mission, and this included the ML models and AWS IoT Greengrass, the company's cloud-managed edge runtime.SpaceCloud"infrastructure computer." This features a processing core based on AMD's G-series embedded processors with up to 4 CPU cores and integrated Radeon GPU, 2.
According to Unibap, the iX5-100 has interfaces for sensor readout and payload telemetry downlink, plus local SSD storage. The system has also been validated with S- and X-band radios.
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