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Research: instruments for science, run like infrastructure: what we deliver. The loop, step by step: 1. A valley site at first light. 2. The chain from source to console stands ready. 3. Cloud and wind sweep up the valley. 4. The station and the vault register it. 5. Time and place are fixed to every sample. 6. Signed packets hop over the radio link. 7. Relays carry the packets without reading them. 8. The edge verifies every signature first. 9. The edge model checks it against its limit. 10. Only a confirmed result leaves the edge. 11. The alert reaches the operator console. 12. The console shows the evidence with the alert. 13. Record, proof and action are archived together. 14. Everything settles back to idle.

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What we deliver for research.

Enterprise offers, each designed, deployed and run on the open protocol, and each linked to the service platforms that build it.

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  1. Research · Solutions

    Instruments for science, run like infrastructure

    Research site and instrument services, observing networks that fill gaps in the global record, data with provenance from the first sample, and qualification so a result can be reproduced on another instrument. Needs: gaps in the global observing record, instrument uptime at remote sites, calibration traceability, data provenance and open publication.

  2. Solution

    Research site and instrument services

    Site power, connectivity, timing and operations for telescopes, flux towers and research stations. For universities, research infrastructures, space agencies. Delivered as managed service and professional services. Global research sites. It is delivered and supported by Nexus Observatory Inc. The evidence travels with the data wherever it goes.

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  3. Solution

    Observation data products and evidence bundles

    Licensed feeds and archives with metadata, quality flags and provenance on every value; evidence bundles for audits and claims processes. For analytics platforms, insurers, lenders, researchers, agencies. Delivered as data licence and API. Global catalogue. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure.

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  4. Solution

    Device and software qualification against the protocol

    Test programmes that show a device or release meets the protocol for a stated scope, with published results. For OEMs, integrators, software vendors. Delivered as professional services. Global vendor base. It is delivered and supported by Nexus Observatory Inc. The evidence travels with the data wherever it goes.

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  5. Solution

    Drone survey and 3D site twins

    Survey campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, photogrammetry and LiDAR, and site twins kept current. For utilities, mines, construction, telecom. Delivered as professional services and data licence. Per site; recurring campaigns. It runs on the open Observatory Protocol, so other providers can join.

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  6. Solution

    Ground segment hosting

    Antenna sites, shelters, power and fibre for satellite operators, with downlink and processing at the edge. For satellite operators, EO companies, research missions. Delivered as managed service and infrastructure hosting. Multi-site, multi-mission. It runs on the open Observatory Protocol, so other providers can join.

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  7. Scenario

    Research-infrastructure gap-filling nodes

    Observatory-as-a-service for research infrastructures that must extend coverage under their own quality rules. It builds on the same base node, timing, trust and operations as every other research deployment, so it can start small and grow site by site. Changes are versioned, tested and reversible.

  8. Scenario

    Citizen seismology and school seismographs

    Compact seismographs feeding open data networks. It builds on the same base node, timing, trust and operations as every other research deployment, so it can start small and grow site by site. Every reading and every change leaves a record that can be checked later.

  9. How it works

    From instrument to record, in one chain

    An instrument reads; the base node checks the value, stamps time and place, signs it and sends it over the link the site has: cellular, LoRaWAN, private 5G or satellite. The edge verifies the signature before admitting it, and the core catalogues it with its metadata, quality flag and licence.

  10. Trust

    Every node proves what it is

    A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us.

  11. Time and place

    Every reading carries when and where

    Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning.

  12. What you get

    Open where it can be, contracted where it must be

    The protocol, methods and open data are free to use and build on. Sites, fleets, managed operations and data tiers are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc., priced per site and per fleet, with service levels written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard.

  13. Next step

    Plan a research deployment

    Tell us the sites, the measurements and the people who will use them. We reply with a design and a scope for research. An engineer replies with a survey proposal and a scope, and the plan grows from one site to the network you need, at your pace.

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01Specialized fields

Solutions shaped for each field.

Every offer is configured for the field it serves. Open a field for its stack, its data path and the questions buyers ask.

Specialized field

Radio observatories and quiet zones

Interference monitoring, site weather and timing for radio telescopes and their quiet zones, so astronomers know what in their data is the sky and what is a transmitter.The full field →
Specialized field

Polar research stations

Power, fuel, environment, weather and communications at polar research stations, run so science continues through the winter and the station meets its environmental duties.The full field →
Specialized field

Field research campaigns

Deployable instruments, mesh networking, drones and satellite backhaul for field campaigns, with data that are findable, documented and reusable from the first day.The full field →
Specialized field

Geophysical observatories

Seismic, magnetic, gravity and GNSS observatories in quiet vaults, run to the standards of the international data centres so their decades-long records are trusted worldwide.The full field →

02Solution bundles

Start with one unit. Grow to a network.

The same systems at every scale, on the open protocol, so nothing you buy is replaced as you grow.

  1. 01

    Base unit

    One station or node, specified for this industry: instruments, power, enclosure and backhaul.

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  2. 02

    Site

    A surveyed, commissioned site with its timing, its links and the evidence file a buyer can audit.

    Plan a site →
  3. 03

    Fleet

    Many sites run as one service: one plan, one update path, one evidence trail, one service level.

    Managed offers →
  4. 04

    Network

    Fleets that federate with partner grids through the open protocol, owner by owner.

    The open protocol →

03Enterprise offers

How we deliver.

The form names who receives your details.

professional services, data licence

Drone survey and 3D site twins

Survey campaigns planned to the ground sample distance, photogrammetry and LiDAR, and site twins kept current.

Buyers
Utilities, mines, construction, telecom
Scale
Per site; recurring campaigns
Protocol
describe, observe
Platforms
Earth observation & GeoAI, Field services
Scope it with us →

managed service, infrastructure hosting

Ground segment hosting

Antenna sites, shelters, power and fibre for satellite operators, with downlink and processing at the edge.

Buyers
Satellite operators, EO companies, research missions
Scale
Multi-site, multi-mission
Protocol
join, time, federate
Platforms
Earth observation & GeoAI, Connectivity, Field services
Scope it with us →

data licence, API

Observation data products and evidence bundles

Licensed feeds and archives with metadata, quality flags and provenance on every value; evidence bundles for audits and claims processes.

Buyers
Analytics platforms, insurers, lenders, researchers, agencies
Scale
Global catalogue
Protocol
describe, observe, federate
Platforms
Data & licensing
Scope it with us →

professional services

Device and software qualification against the protocol

Test programmes that show a device or release meets the protocol for a stated scope, with published results.

Buyers
OEMs, integrators, software vendors
Scale
Global vendor base
Protocol
qualify
Platforms
Protocol & Grid
Scope it with us →

managed service, professional services

Research site and instrument services

Site power, connectivity, timing and operations for telescopes, flux towers and research stations.

Buyers
Universities, research infrastructures, space agencies
Scale
Global research sites
Protocol
time, observe
Platforms
Field services, Hardware & power, Connectivity
Scope it with us →

04Service platforms

Who builds it.

Service platform

Field services

Survey to decommission, one accountable crew.
Service platform

Hardware & power

Built for the site, not the lab.
Service platform

Connectivity

Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.
Service platform

Frontier labs

The frontier, taken into the field.
Service platform

Data & licensing

Grid data, licensed for your use.
Service platform

Protocol & Grid

Your grid, on the open protocol.
Service platform

Test and qualification

Tested against the specification. State on record.
Service platform

Earth observation & GeoAI

The ground, measured and modelled.
Service platform

Digital twins and simulation

Model the site before you build it.
Service platform

Space and satellite systems

From orbit to the ground, on one protocol.

05Standards and compliance

Drawn against the standards your auditors use.

Standards the systems are drawn against

  • WMO-No. 8 (CIMO Guide)
  • WMO-No. 1160 (Manual on WIGOS, GBON)
  • WMO WIS 2.0
  • WMO-No. 306 (BUFR)
  • FDSN station metadata and data formats
  • IOOS and IMOS quality-control procedures
  • FAIR data principles
  • WMO hydrological observing practices
  • National gauge standards
  • ICOS and eLTER quality levels

Regulation and authority

  • Spectrum and sitingLicences, permits and siting are part of the plan, country by country. Country notes →
  • Privacy and dataYour data stays yours, under the licence you choose. Privacy notice →
  • SecurityHardware-rooted identity and signed updates on every device. Security →

06The path

From first call to a running site.

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Scope

What you need to observe, where, and to what standard. A written scope you can share internally.

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Design

Survey, a reference design, a bill of materials and a plan, drawn against the protocol and the standards.

03

Deploy and run

Installation, commissioning on test, then operation by your team or ours, with evidence on record.

07Questions buyers ask

Before you scope it.

Who sells, and who owns the data?

Nexus Observatory Inc. is the seller of record. The data your systems collect stays yours, under the licence you choose.

Do we have to buy hardware?

No. We deliver as a managed service, a data licence or a system you own.

Can we start small?

Yes. Start with one station or one site, then grow to a fleet and a network on the same open protocol, without replacing what you bought.

Which standards do the systems meet?

Each system is drawn against the open protocol and the standards it is composed from, listed on this page.

What happens after go-live?

We run the systems to a written service level, with monitoring, repair and an evidence trail, or train your team to run them.

Ready when you are.

Plan a deployment, configure a station or talk to sales. Every request reaches the team that answers it.

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Bring us the site.

Survey, design, deployment and operation for research. The form names who receives your details.

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What we deliver for research.

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