The Straits Times13 hours ago·4 min read·medium

NTU satellite that can use AI launched by SpaceX rocket

Shabana Begum

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Singapore's Nanyang Technological University has launched the CRIMSON-1 nanosatellite via a SpaceX rocket to monitor environmental disasters like forest fires. The satellite features AI-driven image processing and experimental perovskite solar cells to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

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This represents a technological advancement in space-based environmental monitoring and the practical application of AI and new materials in satellite design.

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct 1, carrying 130 space vehicles, including Singapore’s CRIMSON-1 satellite.

Listen SINGAPORE – A Singapore -made eye in the sky was on Oct 2 launched by a SpaceX rocket into space, where it will keep watch for events such as forest fires and oil spills, and send pings back to Earth if it thinks such disasters are detected.

This shoebox-size satellite developed by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is the first nanosatellite built here to be equipped with artificial intelligence technologies that can help it analyse and filter cloud-free images, so it relays only useful data. This cuts out the tedious work for scientists on the ground, who have had to sieve through every image.

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