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Phi-Sat-2 (also known as ɸ-Sat-2) is an Earth observation CubeSat mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) platform capable of running AI apps directly on board.[1]

ɸ-Sat-2 [1]

Names	ɸ-Sat-2, Phi-Sat-2
Mission type	Technological Demonstrator / Earth Observation
Operator	ESA
COSPAR ID
Website	ESA ɸ-Sat-2[1]
Spacecraft properties
Bus	6U CubeSat
Manufacturer	Open Cosmos, CGI, Ubotica, Simera CH Innovative, CEiiA, GEO-K and KP Labs
Dimensions	approx. 100 mm × 200 mm × 300 mm (3.9 in × 7.9 in × 11.8 in)
Start of mission
Launch date	16 months after contract negotiations[1]
Orbital parameters
Regime	Low Earth
Inclination	Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO)[1]

The AI Apps will be able to do different activities such as transforming a satellite image to a street map, detecting clouds, detect and classify maritime vessels, and to perform image compression using AI.[1][2]

Mission Consortium

The ɸ-Sat-2 mission consortium is composed of the following companies:

• Open Cosmos
• CGI
• Ubotica
• Simera CH Innovative
• CEiiA
• GEO-K[3]
• KP Labs[4]

Payload and Communications

The mission includes the following payload devices:

• On-board Computer from Open Cosmos
• Multi-spectral Optical Camera from Simera CH Innovative (expected 4.75 m ground resolution)
• AI processor: Intel Movidius Myriad 2 from Ubotica[5][1]

The AI processor (Intel Movidius Myriad 2) from Ubotica was already adopted on the previous Phi-Sat-1 mission.[5]

See also

• Phi-Sat-1
• OPS-SAT
• Phi Lab
• List of CubeSats

References

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