IBM Helped NASA Fix One of its Satellites Using Deep Learning A.I. Digital Trends

How do you fix a satellite's instrument that's floating 22,000 miles above the Earth's surface? That's a question that NASA had to answer when it ran into problems with the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a satellite tasked with studying the Sun and the effects of solar activity on Earth. This is important for all sorts of reasons -- not least because solar storms can knock out GPS satellites, shut down electrical grids, and scramble communications. Unfortunately, one of the SDO's three instruments, responsible for measuring ultraviolet light, stopped working due to a fault. This data is essential to satellite operators.