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JAXA successfully uses two person command center and artificial intelligence for rocket launch
http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2013/09/14/jaxa-successfully-uses-two-person-command-center-and-artificial-intelligence-for-commercial-rocket-launch/
JAXA successfully uses two person command center and artificial intelligence for commercial rocket launch
September 14, 2013
by Susan Wilson
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a satellite into orbit using only a two men and laptops. This dramatically scaled down mission control center was able to function so well because the solid state rocket has its own internal artificial intelligence.
Phys.org reported on JAXA’s rocket launch earlier today. The three stage solid fuel rocket carried the "SPRINT-A" telescope. The telescope, was released 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) into space. “SPRINT-A is the world’s first space telescope for remote observation of planets including Venus, Mars and Jupiter from its orbit around Earth, according to the agency.”
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Japan hopes that the smaller rocket and minimal ground crew will make JAXA commercially competitive. Satellites are no longer simply used to monitor weather or spy on various countries. Now a days many of us rely on satellites to for directions, TV, and radio. All those spy and weather satellites are aging meaning that replacements need to be deployed.
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There was a time when only NASA and the Russian space agency were the only two organizations launching rockets into space. Now there are numerous countries and private enterprises. As in all commercial ventures, the ones that are able to provide cost effective launches that successfully deploy satellites and astronauts into space will survive.
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JAXA successfully uses two person command center and artificial intelligence for commercial rocket launch
September 14, 2013
by Susan Wilson
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a satellite into orbit using only a two men and laptops. This dramatically scaled down mission control center was able to function so well because the solid state rocket has its own internal artificial intelligence.
Phys.org reported on JAXA’s rocket launch earlier today. The three stage solid fuel rocket carried the "SPRINT-A" telescope. The telescope, was released 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) into space. “SPRINT-A is the world’s first space telescope for remote observation of planets including Venus, Mars and Jupiter from its orbit around Earth, according to the agency.”
<snip>
Japan hopes that the smaller rocket and minimal ground crew will make JAXA commercially competitive. Satellites are no longer simply used to monitor weather or spy on various countries. Now a days many of us rely on satellites to for directions, TV, and radio. All those spy and weather satellites are aging meaning that replacements need to be deployed.
<snip>
There was a time when only NASA and the Russian space agency were the only two organizations launching rockets into space. Now there are numerous countries and private enterprises. As in all commercial ventures, the ones that are able to provide cost effective launches that successfully deploy satellites and astronauts into space will survive.
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