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Resources for space and satellite systems.

The explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team, in one place.

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01Start here

See it before you plan it.

Overview

Space and satellite systems

From orbit to the ground, on one protocol.Back to the overview →
Studio

Field Deployment Studio

Plan coverage, power and timing on real terrain.Open the Studio →

02Stories

Where this platform is at work.

Field stories from the network, each with the systems in it and the sources behind it.

Rural village

A village at the end of the line

Where the fibre ends, a single mast, a satellite terminal and a handful of sensors decide whether a village is on the map of observation. Canada’s target is…Read the story →
Remote northern community

Observation the community governs

In a remote northern community, an observing station is also a question of who owns the data, who decides how it is used and who benefits. Principles for…Read the story →
Arctic

Instruments at the edge of the cryosphere

The Arctic has warmed about three to four times faster than the global average, depending on the period and the dataset. The instruments that showed it are…Read the story →
Ocean

The ocean below the surface

Most of the ocean’s heat lies below what satellites can see. Profiling floats drifting at depth and surfacing to report have measured it routinely since the…Read the story →
Orbit

Orbits as infrastructure

Low orbits are fast and crowded, high orbits slow and spacious. Every choice of altitude is a trade between delay, footprint and how long the satellite…Read the story →
Satellite backhaul

When the backhaul is a satellite

For a remote site, the satellite is not a backup; it is the network. Since Release 17, the cellular standard includes satellites as part of the radio access…Read the story →

03Documentation

The open specification and its tools.

Open

Specification

Functions, state machines, objects and flows.Read →
Open

Developers

Software kits, agents and worked examples.Read →
Open

Conformance

Run the suite, publish the result.Read →
Open

Open source

What is open, and on what terms.Read →

04Reach the right team

Every request has its own form.

Each form routes to the team that answers it and names who receives your details.

Form

Plan a deployment

Tell us the site, the sector and the timeline. An engineer replies.Open the form →
Form

Request a data licence

The product, the use and the terms you need.Open the form →
Form

Write to us

Not sure who should read it? Choose a department and we route it.Open the form →

05On this site

Where to go next.

Space and satellite systems

Areas

Every area, with its systems and standards.Open →
Space and satellite systems

Technologies

The layered map of what we build with.Open →
Space and satellite systems

Architecture

Layers, functions and evidence.Open →
Space and satellite systems

Industries

The industry sites built on this platform.Open →

Bring us the site.

We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details.

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Resources for space and satellite systems.

Bring us the site.

We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details.