PRETTY DOOMed: The First Voice Command of a Satellite
A radio amateur spoke to a satellite in orbit and it played DOOM.
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2026
CCSDS 124.0-B-1: POCKET+ Compression in Six Languages
Flight-proven on OPS-SAT-1, standardized by CCSDS, and now open-sourced in C, C++, Python, Go, Rust, and Java.
OPS-SAT DOOM Featured in Nature
Interviewed for Nature about how running DOOM on a satellite advances science and public outreach.
2025
Even More OPS-SAT DOOM Media Coverage
The DOOM port being talked about around the world.
marsrad v1.0.0: Mars Solar Radiation for R
An R package to calculate solar irradiance and insolation on Mars.
OPS-SAT-1 Publications in 2025
A look at this year’s publications: from day-to-day operations to final reentry.
2024
OPS-SAT DOOM Media Coverage
ESA Space Marines.
CCSDS Spring Meeting 2024
We’ve got standards here!
The First Use of Generative AI in Space: Presented at IEEE AeroConf 2024
Keep an eye out for the upcoming peer-reviewed IEEE publication of our findings!
2023
From Voyager to OPS-SAT: The Evolution of a Space Photography Icon
The denoised blue dot.
Team Earth Finally Won Its First Space Battle
Earth won by checkmate.
First Use of Generative AI in Space!
We achieved the pioneering first application of Generative AI in space on September 29, 2023.
Open Source Software in Space Operations
Unleashing open licensing onboard space-bound edge computers.
Radiation Recovery… in Space!
Working the problem.
Play Chess Against a Flying Satellite
The ultimate space battle.
Receiving the SpaceOps Award for Outstanding Achievement
Certified outstanding.
Satellite-as-a-Service for Onboard Machine Learning
Making space SaaSy.
We Won an International Award!
The 2023 International SpaceOps Award for Outstanding Achievement.
2022
Search and Rescue from Space with Machine Learning on Software Defined Radio
In space, SDR can hear you scream.
OPS-SAT LEOP, Commissioning, and Pocket+
Rocking the Short Shorts on Stage at SmallSat 2022.
MO Services and CFDP in Action
Service-oriented CCSDS standards for an end-to-end service architecture in space mission operations.
2021
First Machine Learning Models Trained in Space
To our knowledge, this is the first time an artificial intelligence model is trained onboard a flying mission.
2020
Buried Archaeology
Did you know that you can spot buried archaeology from aerial imagery? You just need cropmarks and citizen science.
First Pictures from OPS-SAT-1
Getting the first images during the commissioning phase is a pretty special moment.