Academy

Learn to observe. Then build the observatory.

Eight paths, from what an observation is to a commissioned site: instruments and siting, links and clocks, edge compute and field AI, Earth observation, site operations, the open protocol, and the standards that make data trusted. Every lesson runs on the same atlas, spectrum and methods as the rest of this site.

01 · Principles

Taught the way observatories are run.

Source before claim, method before tool, evidence before sign-off. The rules the long-lived observatories in the atlas kept are the rules every lesson keeps.

01From the record

Each path opens with the observatories that met its problem, and the lesson they left, cited from the atlas.

02Method, then tool

Every calculation ships with its formula and a worked example you check by hand before any software runs it.

03Real data

Exercises run on real elevation, real open networks and real standards, with their licences stated.

04Evidence, not badges

A module ends in an artefact someone else can check: a site plan, a link budget, a WIGOS record, a conformance run.

02 · Paths

Eight paths, three levels, one grid.

Start anywhere. Paths cross where the work does: a site plan needs power, timing and backhaul, and every path ends on the protocol.

FoundationConcepts and vocabulary, no prerequisites.
PractitionerPlan, configure and check real systems.
AdvancedDesign, integrate and operate at scale.
03 · How it works

Open to read. An account keeps your work.

The academy sits on the open main site. Read any lesson without signing in; an account keeps your progress, plans and runs. Teams work a path together in Studio.

  • ReadEvery lesson is public, in English and French, with its sources.
  • TryInteractive explainers on real data: terrain, line of sight, link budgets, timing, satellite passes.
  • BuildExercises in Studio produce plans, manifests and conformance runs you keep.
  • ContributeLessons are versioned in the open. Propose a correction or a new module; contributors keep their rights.
  • TeachUniversities, colleges and training centres can use the material in their own courses. Terms: [PLACEHOLDER].
— · Begin

Every observatory starts with someone learning to look.

Start with the history, the spectrum or the protocol. Paths open here module by module, as each is written and reviewed.