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Old 9th June 2026 | 11:07
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https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2...611420273?s=20

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2064099405758906727?s=20


SpaceX has just officially unveiled its AI1 satellite, the first generation of its AI satellite.

Overall Specs:

• 150 kW peak compute payload
• 120 kW average compute payload
• 70 kW per ton
• Compute provider interchangeable

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Architecture:

• Centralized compute module
• Large deployable solar arrays
• Deployable liquid-radiator thermal management system
• AI-focused compute satellite design ("AI1 satellite")


Dimensions:

• Wingspan: 70 meters
• Deployed height: 20 meters


Thermal System:

• 110 mē deployable liquid radiators
• Redundant pumping loops
• Integrated micrometeoroid shielding


Solar Power System:

• 150 kW solar array
• 250 W/mē
• SpaceX-manufactured solar technology from Bastrop, Texas

Elon: "The AI satellite is much simpler than a Starlink satellite. The AI satellite is essentially a lot of solar cells, you still need some laser links, but you don't have all of the super complex antennas that you have on a Starlink satellite.

​​​​​​​"The easier one to design for is the AI satellite. It's bigger. A lot of this is technology we've already made with the Starlink V3 satellites."
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