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Main Authors: Dorise, Adrien, Bellizzi, Marjorie, Girard, Adrien, Francesconi, Benjamin, May, Stéphane
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06858
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author Dorise, Adrien
Bellizzi, Marjorie
Girard, Adrien
Francesconi, Benjamin
May, Stéphane
author_facet Dorise, Adrien
Bellizzi, Marjorie
Girard, Adrien
Francesconi, Benjamin
May, Stéphane
contents With increasing processing power, deploying AI models for remote sensing directly onboard satellites is becoming feasible. However, new constraints arise, mainly when using raw, unprocessed sensor data instead of preprocessed ground-based products. While current solutions primarily rely on preprocessed sensor images, few approaches directly leverage raw data. This study investigates the effects of utilising raw data on deep learning models for object detection and classification tasks. We introduce a simulation workflow to generate raw-like products from high-resolution L1 imagery, enabling systemic evaluation. Two object detection models (YOLOv11n and YOLOX-S) are trained on both raw and L1 datasets, and their performance is compared using standard detection metrics and explainability tools. Results indicate that while both models perform similarly at low to medium confidence thresholds, the model trained on raw data struggles with object boundary identification at high confidence levels. It suggests that adapting AI architectures with improved contouring methods can enhance object detection on raw images, improving onboard AI for remote sensing.
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spellingShingle Explaining raw data complexity to improve satellite onboard processing
Dorise, Adrien
Bellizzi, Marjorie
Girard, Adrien
Francesconi, Benjamin
May, Stéphane
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
With increasing processing power, deploying AI models for remote sensing directly onboard satellites is becoming feasible. However, new constraints arise, mainly when using raw, unprocessed sensor data instead of preprocessed ground-based products. While current solutions primarily rely on preprocessed sensor images, few approaches directly leverage raw data. This study investigates the effects of utilising raw data on deep learning models for object detection and classification tasks. We introduce a simulation workflow to generate raw-like products from high-resolution L1 imagery, enabling systemic evaluation. Two object detection models (YOLOv11n and YOLOX-S) are trained on both raw and L1 datasets, and their performance is compared using standard detection metrics and explainability tools. Results indicate that while both models perform similarly at low to medium confidence thresholds, the model trained on raw data struggles with object boundary identification at high confidence levels. It suggests that adapting AI architectures with improved contouring methods can enhance object detection on raw images, improving onboard AI for remote sensing.
title Explaining raw data complexity to improve satellite onboard processing
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06858