EDGX Sterna DPU — Onboard AI Compute powered by NVIDIA
EDGX
The EDGX Sterna DPU is a space-qualified, mission-ready data processing unit (DPU) for satellite onboard computing, built on NVIDIA Orin GPU technology. Europe’s first mature NVIDIA-based payload compute solution, the Sterna delivers high-performance AI acceleration at low power to enable complex machine learning and data-processing algorithms to run directly in orbit. It reduces raw data […]
Technical specifications
- Compute architecture
- NVIDIA Orin GPU
- Radiation hardening
- Mission-ready radiation hardening applied
- First in-orbit demo
- March 2026, SpaceX Transporter-16
- Companion software
- SpaceFeather Software
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Form factor
- Small satellite payload
About
The EDGX Sterna DPU is a space-qualified, mission-ready data processing unit (DPU) for satellite onboard computing, built on NVIDIA Orin GPU technology. Europe’s first mature NVIDIA-based payload compute solution, the Sterna delivers high-performance AI acceleration at low power to enable complex machine learning and data-processing algorithms to run directly in orbit. It reduces raw data downlink requirements, enables real-time onboard decision-making, and supports demanding workloads for Earth observation analytics, spectrum monitoring, space situational awareness, and 5G/6G non-terrestrial network (NTN) applications. The system completed its first in-orbit demonstration aboard SpaceX Transporter-16 (Falcon 9) in March 2026 and is available with the companion SpaceFeather Software development platform.
Documentation
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