Compute

Efficient AI Workloads at Scale

Bring the power of onboard compute to your next mission

Optimized Data
Filtering, prioritizing, and compressing data allows more efficient use of limited bandwidth by sending data products instead of raw data.

Autonomy
On-board processing enables satellites to make intelligent decisions without waiting for hours for commands to be uplinked from the ground.

Speed
Data products can be small enough to allow transmission through satellite-to-satellite networks in seconds instead of waiting hours for a traditional ground station pass.

GPU Based
Edge-Compute

Massive parallel computing capability. High-performance CPU’s.

KESTREL

Achieved Flight Heritage

Standard microSD card and M.2 2280 SSD slot populated with validated, industrial-grade options

Mass Storage

Gigabit ethernet is available for high-speed connectivity, as well as other common interfaces

High-Speed Connectivity

Data is protected with Error Correction Codes (ECC) for RAM and the large capacity non-violate memory allows for the storage of multiple copies of key files

Data Protection

Protection and telemetry circuits for routine monitoring, as well as fault detection and isolation

Routine Monitoring

Subsystems protected with a resettable eFuse circuit to mitigate the effects of radiation

Radiation Tolerance

Kestrel Specifications

Processing Capabilities

  • AI Performance 1.3 TOPS

  • GPU 256-Core Pascal

  • CPU Quad-Core A57

  • Dual-Core Denver 2

  • Video Codecs H.264, H.265, MPEG1/2/4

  • OS Linux-based (built w/Yocto)

Memory/Storage

  • RAM 8 GB of 128-bit DRAM with ECC

  • Storage 32 GB eMMC

  • microSD card default 64 GB

  • M.2 2280 SSD default 1 TB

  • EEPROM 512 kb

Connectivity

  • Ethernet 1000BASE-T

  • UART 3x RS-422, RS-485 compatible

  • CAN Two 1 Mbps

  • USB One USB3.0 SuperSpeed

  • Two USB2.0 Hi-Speed

  • PPS RS-422 hardware

  • GPIO 4 buffered GPIOs

  • Debug JTAG, Recovery USB, RS-232

Size, Weight, & Power

  • Size 1/3 U (96 x 89 x 30 mm)

  • Fits CubeSats and SmallSats

  • Mass 402 g

  • Power Idle: <1 W / Max Efficiency: 15 W / Max Performance: 25 W / Input Voltage 9-12 VDC

  • Protection eFuse input protection and monitoring

  • Telemetry Internal ADC for voltage/ temperature telemetry

Environmental

  • Heritage TRL-9 as of March 2024

  • Radiation up to 30 krad(Si)

  • Temperature -40 to +60 C Operating / -55 to +85 C Storage

  • Testing Thermal, Vibration, and EMI/EMC compliant to GSFC-STD-7000

AI-Ready GPU

284 TOPS. High-performance CPU’s. NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX.

Falcon

Available Now

Filtering, prioritizing, and compressing data allows more efficient use of limited bandwidth by sending data products instead of raw data.

Efficiency

On-board processing enables satellites to make intelligent decisions without waiting hours for commands to be uplinked from the ground. Satellites can respond instantly to changing circumstances.

Autonomy

Data products can be small enough to allow transmission through satellite-to-satellite networks in seconds instead of waiting hours for a traditional ground station pass.

Speed

Falcon Specifications

Processing Capabilities

  • AI Performance: 248 TOPS

  • GPU: 2048-core Ampere @ 1.2 GHz, 64 Tensor Cores

  • CPU: 12-core A78AE @ 2.0 GHz

  • PVA: Programmable Vision Accelerator

  • FPGA: Up to 78k LUTs

  • OS Linux-based (built w/Yocto)

Memory/Storage

  • RAM: 64 GB of 256-bit DRAM with ECC

  • Storage: 64 GB eMMC

  • microSD card: 64 GB

  • Internal SSD: 1 TB

  • EEPROM: 512 kb

Connectivity

  • Ethernet: Two 1000BASE-T

  • UART: Four RS-422, RS-485 compatible

  • CAN: Two 1 Mbps

  • USB: Three USB3.2 Gen2

  • PPS: RS-422 hardware

  • GPIO: 4 buffered GPIOs

  • Debug: JTAG, Recovery USB, UART

  • Expanded Capabilities: Additional Gigabit Ethernet / SpaceWire / LVDS, Camera Link / PCIe, SpaceFibre, 40G Ethernet

Size, Weight, & Power

  • Optimized for SmallSats

  • 110 x 100 x 50 mm

  • 3U SpaceVPX planned

  • Mass: 600 g

  • Power Idle: <3 W / Max Efficiency: 45 W / Absolute Max: 90 W

  • Input Voltage: 24-36 VDC

  • Protection: eFuse input protection and monitoring

  • Telemetry Internal ADC for voltage/ temperature telemetry

Environmental

  • Radiation Minimum 5-year LEO mission

  • Temperature: -40 to +60 C Operating -55 to +85 C Storage

  • Testing: Thermal, Vibration, and EMI/EMC compliant to GSFC-STD-7000

AI Enabled
Edge-Compute

Chip-down Solution. GPU based.
AI Engines for modern workloads.

WASP

Available for Pre-Order June 2024

Processor designed for tasks like machine learning and advanced signal processing

AI-Engines

Create programs in C quickly with a framework (or library)-based approach for machine learning models

Software Programmability​

Higher computing power in a smaller space compared to standard programmable devices, cutting power usage by ~40%

Efficiency

WASP Specifications …Coming Soon