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Drones and imageryDrones and imagery, inside Earth observation & GeoAI: tasking, mission planning and revisit analysis, orbit and conjunction data, ground stations and downlink, space link extension and station networking and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from OGC API – Connected Systems Part 2 (commands and tasking) to OGC Sensor Planning Service 2.0, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
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01What it is
Every platform, sensor, processing level and ground-segment step that turns remote measurements of the Earth into calibrated, analysis-ready evidence for a site, a region or a network. Each technology below carries what it is, what we do with it, and the standard it is drawn against.
Remote sensing and Earth observation
Choosing what to acquire and when, modelling revisit, look angle and cloud risk against need.
We design and operate.
OGC API – Connected Systems Part 2 (commands and tasking) · OGC Sensor Planning Service 2.0
Remote sensing and Earth observation
Standard orbit and conjunction messages used to predict passes and coordinate operations.
We integrate.
CCSDS 502.0-B (Orbit Data Messages) · CCSDS 508.0-B (Conjunction Data Message)
Remote sensing and Earth observation
Tracking antennas and modems for S, X and Ka-band downlink in Earth exploration-satellite allocations.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate, maintain and support.
ITU Radio Regulations (EESS allocations, e.g. 8025-8400 MHz, 25.5-27 GHz) · ETSI EN 302 307-1 (DVB-S2) · CCSDS 131.0-B
Remote sensing and Earth observation
Standard services that let a mission use stations operated by others.
We integrate and operate.
CCSDS Space Link Extension (SLE) services
Remote sensing and Earth observation
Receiving and processing satellite data on site for minutes-latency products without a round trip to a central archive.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate, maintain and support.
WMO Direct Broadcast Network (DBNet) · CGMS direct readout guidance
Frontier · Remote sensing and Earth observation
Laser downlink terminals that relieve radio spectrum limits, with weather-diverse site networks.
We design and integrate.
CCSDS 141.0-B (optical communications physical layer)
Remote sensing and Earth observation
Link encryption, authentication and key management for command and telemetry.
We design, integrate and operate.
CCSDS 355.0-B (Space Data Link Security Protocol) · IEC 62443-3-3
Remote sensing and Earth observation
National licences and data-distribution conditions for operating remote sensing systems and stations.
We design and support.
Remote Sensing Space Systems Act (Canada, S.C. 2005, c. 45) · 15 CFR Part 960 (US commercial remote sensing)
Remote sensing and Earth observation
Emergency acquisition and mapping mechanisms that deliver imagery to responders.
We support.
International Charter Space and Major Disasters · UN-SPIDER
02Architecture
Drones and imagery draws on 2 domains and 16 layers of the spectrum; the highlighted layers carry this area. It speaks 3 of the protocol’s 8 core functions.
Platforms and orbits
8
Optical, spectral and thermal sensors
8
Radar, lidar and microwave sensors
10
Processing levels and analysis-ready data
9
Calibration and validation
8
Tasking, ground segment and access
9
Data cubes, analysis and archives
7
Frontier and research
8
Reference systems and geodesy
7
Vector, raster and array formats
10
Tiling, maps and visual services
7
APIs, catalogues and discrete global grids
8
Spatial analysis and siting
10
GeoAI
10
3D, BIM and digital twins
8
Metadata, quality and publication
5
01JoinIdentity, attestation quote, signed policy.
02AdmitAdmitted for a stated scope, nothing wider.
03DescribeWhat, where, how and by whom, with calibration.
04TimeOne clock across the grid, with its error bound.
05ObserveEvery value with quality and provenance.
06QualifyTested against the specification, state on record.
07FederateSigned exchange across grids and trust domains.
08OrchestrateSoftware and configuration by signed plan.
03On the grid
Real elevation, line of sight, an orbit swath and a GeoAI pass, each an interactive explainer on open terrain data with its source shown.
04In the field
6 deployment scenarios from the sector research that rely on drones and imagery.
Government and public safety05Open and enterprise
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
Open, on the main site
Enterprise, on this site
06The rest of the line
Survey, design, deployment and operation for drones and imagery. The form names who receives your details.
Talk to uscontact@observatory.globalDrones and imagery, inside Earth observation & GeoAI: tasking, mission planning and revisit analysis, orbit and conjunction data, ground stations and downlink, space link extension and station networking and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from OGC API – Connected Systems Part 2 (commands and tasking) to OGC Sensor Planning Service 2.0, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
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