NOVI Space Inc. has demonstrated its AI-based object detection system operating onboard the International Space Station as part of the Space Edge Experiments and Demonstrations SEED payload. The SEED mission uses a flight-proven, radiation-tolerant On-Board Computer paired with a visible spectrum camera to detect marine vessels in real time.

The experiment, conducted for the Missile Defense Agency, took place on hardware delivered by the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command and NASA via the STP-H10 mission. Five Department of Defense and one NASA science payloads were transported to the ISS during a recent resupply mission.

NOVI's internally developed AI models identified and reported the presence and positions of a range of marine vessels, from small sailboats to container ships, with

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