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NASA Deploys Google Gemma 3 In Orbit
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched NAVI-Orbital, the first vision-language model to analyze satellite imagery directly in space. Using Google's Gemma 3 on a YAM-9 satellite, the system processed sensor data without ground-link delays. This successful demonstration proves that small, capable models can handle complex onboard analysis, reducing the need for massive data downlinks.