About · Nexus Observatory Inc.
Nexus Observatory Inc. is the system designer and integrator for the open Observatory Protocol. Instruments, power, links, timing, compute, AI and data: we design them as one system, commission them on the protocol and keep them current for the working life of the site.
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IWho we are
An observatory is never one instrument. It is ground, a mast, a power budget, a set of sensors, a backhaul link, a clock with an error bound, a computer and the crew who keep it all inside specification. Each part ships with its own datasheet. None of them ships with the interfaces between them.
That is our work. We design the whole system, integrate every part on the open Observatory Protocol and stay accountable for it through its working life. The protocol is stewarded by the Nexus Consortium, so what we build interoperates with what anyone else builds on it.
IILifecycle
Eleven stages, one record. Each stage hands the next a site that is described, evidenced and ready to change, so nothing is relearned at handover. Choose a stage to see what we deliver.
01 · Stage
Know what an observatory can do for you before anything is bought.Lines · AcademyField services
What we deliver
IIIOrchestration
Every layer speaks the same protocol: it enrols each node, attests what it is, disciplines its clock, describes what it measures, moves its data and carries the evidence. Swap a radio, a sensor or a model, and the rest of the site keeps working.
Space and air01
OrbitEO and communication satellites, ground stations
02
AirDrones, balloons and aircraft payloads
Ground03
Ground siteMasts, enclosures, foundations, access
04
PowerGrid, solar, storage, microgrids
05
SensorsWeather, seismic, RF, ocean, imaging
06
ConnectivityFibre, private 5G, AI-RAN, satellite links
07
TimingGNSS, PTP profiles, holdover
Compute and data08
Edge computeRuggedised servers and edge racks
09
AIInference and models beside the instruments
10
DataStreams, archives, catalogues, licences
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Applicationsthe Nexus Observatory app, dashboards, alerts, public portals
IVHow we work
They decide every design review, every commissioning report and every sentence on this site.
01
We name the instrument, the standard, the unit and the tolerance. A requirement that cannot be measured is not yet a requirement.
02
Every claim about a site sits beside its evidence: a test, a calibration record, a state. What is not yet proven is never presented as done.
03
We build on the open protocol and publish what we can license. Your instruments, your data and your rights stay yours.
04
Science, safety, infrastructure and public service, nothing else. Every site is designed first for the crew who climb it.
05
An observatory serves a place. We work with the communities, landholders and agencies around each site, in their language and on their terms.
VThe group
The protocol is open and governed in the open. The company that builds and runs it is named here, and it is the one you contract with.
Company
Designs, builds and runs observatories on the open protocol: instruments, sensors and calibration, Earth observation and digital twins.
The Observatory Protocol is open, so anyone can build on it. The Nexus Consortium stewards it and its change process. Nexus Observatory Inc. supports the open work and builds enterprise systems on it.
Open protocol
VILines
Each enterprise line has its own site and team, built on the same protocol, grid and design.
/grid-servicesVIIContact and careers
Where it is, what it must measure and who depends on it. We will tell you what it takes, and what it will not do.
One station, a regional network or a federated grid. Bring the question; we bring the method and the crew.
contact@observatory.globalInstrument makers, software teams and researchers putting their work on the open protocol.
contact@observatory.globalEngineers, scientists, field crews and designers who want their work standing outside, in weather, for decades.
contact@observatory.global—Begin
Start on the open protocol today, or talk to us about designing, commissioning and running yours.
Create accountTalk to usRead the protocolNexus Observatory Inc. is the system designer and integrator for the open Observatory Protocol. Instruments, power, links, timing, compute, AI and data: we design them as one system, commission them on the protocol and keep them current for the working life of the site.
An observatory is never one instrument. It is ground, a mast, a power budget, a set of sensors, a backhaul link, a clock with an error bound, a computer and the crew who keep it all inside specification. Each part ships with its own datasheet. None of them ships with the interfaces between them.
That is our work. We design the whole system, integrate every part on the open Observatory Protocol and stay accountable for it through its working life. The protocol is stewarded by the Nexus Consortium, so what we build interoperates with what anyone else builds on it.
Eleven stages, one record. Each stage hands the next a site that is described, evidenced and ready to change, so nothing is relearned at handover. Choose a stage to see what we deliver.
Every layer speaks the same protocol: it enrols each node, attests what it is, disciplines its clock, describes what it measures, moves its data and carries the evidence. Swap a radio, a sensor or a model, and the rest of the site keeps working.
They decide every design review, every commissioning report and every sentence on this site.
We name the instrument, the standard, the unit and the tolerance. A requirement that cannot be measured is not yet a requirement.
Every claim about a site sits beside its evidence: a test, a calibration record, a state. What is not yet proven is never presented as done.
We build on the open protocol and publish what we can license. Your instruments, your data and your rights stay yours.
Science, safety, infrastructure and public service, nothing else. Every site is designed first for the crew who climb it.
An observatory serves a place. We work with the communities, landholders and agencies around each site, in their language and on their terms.
The protocol is open and governed in the open. The company that builds and runs it is named here, and it is the one you contract with.
Designs, builds and runs observatories on the open protocol: instruments, sensors and calibration, Earth observation and digital twins.
The Observatory Protocol is open, so anyone can build on it. The Nexus Consortium stewards it and its change process. Nexus Observatory Inc. supports the open work and builds enterprise systems on it.
Each enterprise line has its own site and team, built on the same protocol, grid and design.
Where it is, what it must measure and who depends on it. We will tell you what it takes, and what it will not do.
One station, a regional network or a federated grid. Bring the question; we bring the method and the crew.
contact@observatory.globalInstrument makers, software teams and researchers putting their work on the open protocol.
contact@observatory.globalEngineers, scientists, field crews and designers who want their work standing outside, in weather, for decades.
contact@observatory.globalStart on the open protocol today, or talk to us about designing, commissioning and running yours.
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