Product
AIX brings a new satellite as-a-service concept to the market and makes on-demand, in-orbit resources such as data and actionable information available to users.
Customers can exploit the desired custom set of components, configuring their own acquisition/processing workflow and their own system’s configuration. The system will:
Support AI-experienced users in testing their algorithms and techniques into a real EO case, with resources and payloads available on-demand.
Ease developers in on-board software implementation and re-use.
To summarise, AIX enables customer-driven capabilities such as need-focused data gathering which reduces costs and barriers to access space.
The main innovations of AIX are:
A technological framework composed of hardware, software and services. These provide a set of basic and advanced building blocks that AI applications can be built upon. In other words, a testbed for AI.
An infrastructure of on-demand space services composed of in-orbit and ground facilities, founded on Blockchain technologies.
A suite of tools supporting the commercial evolution of space and “NewSpace Economy”.
On-the-fly configurable services able to monitor areas and topics of interest, detect changes and raise alarms in response to specific data processing. This is supported in the framework by AI-based algorithms and tools.
Technology
The AIX hybrid edge ecosystem includes:
An orbiting platform, based on D-Orbit’s ION Carrier, providing hosted payloads and ready-to-deploy CubeSats
A software framework infrastructure that implements services and provides an abstraction layer towards sensors and on-board resources
A catalogue of on-board resources including hardware and software components as well as complete CubeSats in standard configurations
An “app-store” catalogue of processing functions and application algorithms based on AI
On-board service configuration
CubeSats deployment on-demand
Support service to custom design needs
Ground Segment support services for operations.
These services will help users find innovative approaches in planning, tasking, data processing and communications.
Added Value
AIX provides a set of deeply configurable services that ensure it stands out from market competitors. These configurable services allow users to choose from pay-per-use to full missions as-a-service, evaluate new approaches to space missions and validate novel concepts in the real environment. Flexibility and configurability also allow for in-orbit test iteration and the fine-tuning of applications.
The AIX suite of in-orbit services offer unique features. These include tools that support EO data processing on the ground and during in-orbit tests, enabling automated and collaborative AI applications on-board. These applications are possible thanks to smart contracts and a Blockchain security infrastructure.
To conclude, AIX services provide users with technical flexibility, cost scalability, timeliness and risk reduction.
