Starlink AI1 Satellite at a Glance

AI1 satellite, the first generation of its AI satellite.

Overall Specs:

• 150 kW peak compute payload

• 120 kW average compute payload

• 70 kW per ton

• Compute provider interchangeable

Dimensions:

• Wingspan: 70 meters

• Deployed height: 20 meters

Thermal System:

• 110 m² deployable liquid radiator

• Redundant pumping loops

• Integrated micrometeoroid shielding

• Deployable liquid radiators

Solar Power System:

• 150 kW solar array

• 250 W/m²

• SpaceX-manufactured solar technology from Bastrop, Texas

Architecture:

• Centralized compute module

• Large deployable solar arrays

• Deployable liquid-radiator thermal management system

• AI-focused compute satellite design ("AI1 satellite")

Elon: "The AI satellite is much simpler than a Starlink satellite. The AI satellite is essentially a lot of solar cells, you still need some laser links, but you don't have all of the super complex antennas that you have on a Starlink satellite. The easier one to design for is the AI satellite. It's bigger. A lot of this is technology we've already made with the Starlink V3 satellites."