# Phi-Sat-1 at Low Earth Orbit (LEO): deployment

Canonical ID: `26371198-7f63-43c5-bfff-57d03a2ce08e`

## Key facts

- **Mission:** Phi-Sat-1 onboard-AI demonstration
- **Outcome:** First satellite to run an onboard AI inference chip; autonomously filters cloudy imagery in orbit before downlink

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-06-06_

- **Slug:** phi-sat-1-leo
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Phi-Sat-1](/models/phi-sat-1.md) (id: `88a6bb09-5f19-4129-8706-c93ad50bdf76`)
- **Company:** [European Space Agency](/companies/esa.md) (id: `a0d558ec-58f3-4f51-9ba3-b062c7d94b9d`)
- **Location:** [Low Earth Orbit (LEO)](/locations/low-earth-orbit.md) (id: `c2b414a6-3f5d-4862-8aee-c7bf3198b271`)
- **Operator:** [European Space Agency](/companies/esa.md) (id: `a0d558ec-58f3-4f51-9ba3-b062c7d94b9d`)
- **First seen:** 2020-09-03T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi-Sat-1

## Common questions

### What is the Phi-Sat-1 deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

Phi-Sat-1, built by European Space Agency, is recorded as a deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) on the DEPLOY registry. European Space Agency operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Phi-Sat-1 at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

European Space Agency, the manufacturer of Phi-Sat-1, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Phi-Sat-1 deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 3, 2020 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Phi-Sat-1 deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO) still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is currently operating.

### Have there been incidents at the Phi-Sat-1 deployment at Low Earth Orbit (LEO)?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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