For resource-constrained spacecraft, intermittent links and long unattended missions, PiiHive-Space organizes distributed heterogeneous compute as a shared resource pool and continuously coordinates missions, data and compute capacity
01 · MISSION CONTEXT
Onboard compute must be organized—not merely launched
Conventional onboard systems are often designed around one spacecraft, one payload and a fixed mission. Compute remains distributed across isolated nodes and cannot easily respond to changes in mission priority, link availability or device health
For the practical requirements of an aerospace research mission, PiiHive-Space brings intra-satellite, inter-satellite and space-ground coordination into one runtime view so that different compute resources can be discovered, scheduled and sustained as conditions change
02 · CORE CAPABILITIES
Reorganize orbital compute around the mission
Compute pooling
Abstract and schedule GPU, NPU and FPGA resources under a common model, allocating capacity by workload type and node condition while retaining room for expansion
Environmental adaptation
Prioritize critical workloads across radiation, thermal, power and node-failure conditions, using redundancy and migration to maintain continuity
Process data in orbit
Filter, compress and infer onboard, returning results and events before bulk raw data to reduce downlink pressure and support ground-training/onboard-inference workflows
Cross-spacecraft coordination
Coordinate tasks according to intra-satellite, inter-satellite and space-ground link state, enabling workload continuation when a node becomes unavailable
03 · SOFTWARE-DEFINED SATELLITE
Make compute a schedulable orbital resource
PiiHive-Space provides the onboard compute foundation for software-defined satellites. Together with the development environment, it connects the operating system, compute scheduling, AI inference and mission applications under one engineering model
As mission requirements change, compute can be reorganized, applications redeployed and runtime policies updated, allowing the spacecraft to evolve beyond a one-time fixed configuration
ENGINEERING VALUE
Move from compute on each spacecraft to compute for the mission
The value of distributed intelligent scheduling is not simply more onboard hardware. It is the ability to organize resources, invoke them on demand and maintain service under complex operating conditions
About Zhuming Technology
Zhuming Technology builds runtime infrastructure connecting enterprise data centers, edge sites and intelligent devices, coordinating compute, models and missions across cloud, edge and device environments