Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) are expected to be a critical component of 6th Generation
(6G) networks, providing ubiquitous, continuous, and scalable services. Satellites emerge as …

The market for remote sensing space-based applications is fundamentally limited by up-and
downlink bandwidth and onboard compute capability for space data handling systems. This …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is paving the way for a new era of algorithms focusing directly on
the information contained in the data, autonomously extracting relevant features for a given …

Vision-based navigation has become increasingly important in a variety of space
applications for enhancing autonomy and dependability. Future missions, such as active …

Multi-core devices are envisioned to support the development of next-generation safety-
critical systems, enabling the on-chip integration of functions of different criticality. This …

Over the past three decades, the acceptance of higher risk thresholds within the space
industry has facilitated the widespread integration of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) …

The advent of powerful edge devices and AI algorithms has already revolutionized many
terrestrial applications; however, for both technical and historical reasons, the space industry …

While AI is being successfully applied in space (eg in the areas of enhanced monitoring and
diagnostics, in prediction, image analysis etc.), it is still not applied on-board. Many potential …

Morgan Stanley forecasts the space industry to top 1 trillion dollars by 2040. Of these 1
trillion dollars, 1.5 billion dollars are expected to be the contribution of the space situational …

This paper proposes a roadmap to address present and future needs in space systems with
RISC-V processors. RISC-V is an open and modular instruction set architecture, which is …