Telepix, a satellite total solutions company, announced on the 17th that it has signed a business agreement with LK Samyang, a company specializing in optical solutions, to promote joint projects in the satellite field.
This agreement is an extension of the agreement signed in April last year to jointly develop a next-generation star tracker for deep space navigation, and its main goal is to conduct space launch tests and mass production of the AI image navigation system. The system is designed to allow satellites to autonomously determine their location and navigate without relying on ground station communications. The system combines a wide-field camera and high-performance image processing algorithms to track the positions of stars and planets in space, and through this, accurately determine the position and speed of the satellite.
With the recent expansion of small satellite launches and the saturation of ground-based facilities, this AI image navigation system is expected to play a key role in deep space exploration, including lunar and Mars exploration. Telepix and LK Samyang completed a prototype of the next-generation AI image navigation system for deep space navigation early this year and are preparing for testing in an actual space environment.
Through this development, the two companies plan to launch a satellite equipped with an AI visual navigation system via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in June. Telepix is in charge of pre-launch performance testing, including system development and space environment simulation tests, while LK Samyang is in charge of optical design and production. In addition, Telepix’s high-performance onboard AI processor ‘Tetraplex’ will also be installed to improve data processing performance.
After launch, Telefix and LK Samyang will jointly conduct space orbital tests and, if successful, will begin full-scale mass production. The two companies are informing major customers of the space orbital tests and are negotiating export contracts based on this. In mass production, Telefix will be in charge of overall project management, while LK Samyang will be in charge of manufacturing optical lenses and camera control electronics hardware.
In the future, Telepix plans to advance its deep space autonomous navigation AI solution based on its AI technology and conduct differentiated global business. LK Samyang plans to expand its role to include camera control electronics production in addition to the optical sector, and will continue to collaborate in the development and production of other types of satellite products in the future.
Hong Gyeong-woo, head of the Future Innovation Research Team at Telepix, said, “It is meaningful to be collaborating with LK Samyang, with whom we have worked together on the development of the next-generation visual navigation system, from launch to future commercialization,” and “Through this agreement, Telepix will secure a differentiated space development history and further strengthen its global competitiveness through cooperation with LK Samyang.”
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