VIDEO: China Sends First Commercial Artificial Intelligence Satellite into Orbit

China has launched the world's first commercial artificial intelligence (AI) satellite. This was reported by CGTN. The device was launched at 11:06 AM Beijing time as part of a group consisting of nine satellites using the Smart Dragon 3 (SD-3) launch vehicle. The launch was conducted from a water surface near Yanzhiyang in Guangdong province, southern China.

CGTN explains that the commercial artificial intelligence satellite, named Rongpiao (also known as Xingshidai-18), was developed by Guoxing Aerospace Technology in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in southwestern China. The device is designed to test the Synaesthesia Fusion artificial intelligence algorithm in orbit, and it will have remote integrated platform capabilities for future communication networks.