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Lockheed Martin and USC build smart cubesats by Staff Writers Littleton CO (SPX) Aug 12, 2020
Lockheed Martin is building mission payloads for a Space Engineering Research Center at University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute small satellite program called La Jument, which enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) space technologies. For the program, four La Jument nanosatellites - the first launching later this year - will use Lockheed Martin's SmartSat software-defined satellite architecture on both their payload and bus. SmartSat lets satellite operators quickly change missions while in orbit with the simplicity of starting, stopping or uploading new applications. The system is powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform built on the CUDA-X capable software stack and supported by the NVIDIA JetPack software development kit (SDK), delivering powerful AI at the edge computing capabilities to unlock advanced image and digital signal processing. SmartSat provides on-board cyber threat detection, while the software-defined payload houses advanced optical and infrared cameras utilized by Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center (ATC) to further mature and space qualify Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies. The La Jument payloads are the latest of more than 300 payloads Lockheed Martin has built for customers. "La Jument and SmartSat are pushing new boundaries of what is possible in space when you adopt an open software architecture that lets you change missions on the fly," said Adam Johnson, Director of SmartSat and La Jument at Lockheed Martin Space. "We are excited to release a SmartSat software development kit (SDK) to encourage developers to write their own third-party mission apps and offer an orbital test-bed."
Powering Artificial Intelligence at the Edge "We were able to design, build and integrate the first payload for La Jument in five months," said Sonia Phares, Vice President of Engineering and Technology at Lockheed Martin Space. "Satellites like this demonstrate our approach to rapid development and innovation that lets us solve our customers' toughest challenges faster than ever."
Bringing Four Satellites Together Lockheed Martin has a long history of creating small satellites, having launched more than 150. More recent nanosat projects include Pony Express 1, Linus, NASA's Lun-IR, Janus and Grail. Additionally, Lockheed Martin will be the prime integrator for DARPA's Blackjack small sat constellation.
Momentus to Launch Dodona Nanosat for Lockheed USC La Jument Program Santa Clara CA (SPX) Aug 07, 2020 Momentus and Lockheed Martin have announced a launch service agreement for a 3U satellite in Lockheed Martin and SERC (Space Engineering Research Center) University of Southern California's (USC) smallsat program. The agreement is for Momentus' Shuttle Service to sun synchronous orbit (SSO) via a February 2021 SpaceX Falcon 9 launch. The La Jument program includes four nanosatellites, with the first launching at the end of this year. The payload and bus will use Lockheed Martin's SmartSat software ... read more
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