{"id":6,"date":"2026-10-29T00:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T00:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatory.global\/space\/spacecraft-and-payloads\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T00:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T00:03:12","slug":"spacecraft-and-payloads","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/observatory.global\/space\/spacecraft-and-payloads\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacecraft and payloads"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/observatory.global\/wp-content\/plugins\/nexus-observatory-pages\/assets\/bundle\/d0c6e698a0a7\/kit.css?ver=d0c6e698a0a7\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/observatory.global\/wp-content\/plugins\/nexus-observatory-pages\/assets\/bundle\/d0c6e698a0a7\/i18n.css?ver=d0c6e698a0a7\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/observatory.global\/wp-content\/plugins\/nexus-observatory-pages\/assets\/bundle\/d0c6e698a0a7\/ins\/ins.css?ver=d0c6e698a0a7\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/observatory.global\/wp-content\/plugins\/nexus-observatory-pages\/assets\/bundle\/d0c6e698a0a7\/chrome.css?ver=d0c6e698a0a7\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/observatory.global\/wp-content\/plugins\/nexus-observatory-pages\/assets\/bundle\/d0c6e698a0a7\/tpl.css?ver=d0c6e698a0a7\">\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/observatory.global\/wp-content\/plugins\/nexus-observatory-pages\/assets\/bundle\/d0c6e698a0a7\/view-area.css?ver=d0c6e698a0a7\">\n<div class=\"nxo-view\" data-nxo-view=\"area\" data-nxo-bundle=\"d0c6e698a0a7\"><div class=\"nxo-ssr\" data-nxo-snap><header><a href=\"\/\">Nexus Observatory<\/a> <nav aria-label=\"Network\"><a href=\"\/\">Main site<\/a><a href=\"\/protocol\/\">Protocol<\/a><a href=\"\/spectrum\/\">Spectrum<\/a><\/nav> <a href=\"\/sign-in\/\">Sign in<\/a><a href=\"\/register\/\">Create account<\/a> <nav aria-label=\"Space and satellite systems\"><a href=\"\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a> <\/nav> <\/header> <main><section><a href=\"\/\">Nexus Observatory<\/a><p>\/<\/p><a href=\"\/space\/\">Space and satellite systems<\/a><p>\/<\/p><b>Spacecraft and payloads<\/b> <h1>Buses and optical, radar and RF payload classes.<\/h1> <p>Spacecraft and payloads, inside Space and satellite systems: multispectral optical imagers, hyperspectral imagers, synthetic aperture radar (X, C, L band), thermal infrared and fire detection and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from CEOS Analysis Ready Data: Surface Reflectance to ISO 19115-1 (metadata), and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.<\/p> <a href=\"\/contact\/\">Plan with us<\/a><span>Architecture<\/span><a href=\"\/protocol\/specification\/\">The protocol<\/a> <dl><dt>Technologies<\/dt><dd>9<\/dd> <dt>At the frontier<\/dt><dd>0<\/dd> <dt>Protocol functions<\/dt><dd>5 of 8<\/dd> <dt>Industries served<\/dt><dd>10<\/dd> <\/dl> <p>Reference design, drawn to scale \u00b7 drag to turn \u00b7 hover a part<\/p> <\/section> <section><p><b>01<\/b>What it is<\/p> <h2>Earth observation payload classes.<\/h2><p>The space segment end to end: orbits and constellations, spacecraft buses, communications and Earth observation payloads, inter-satellite links, tracking and command, space safety, launch, and the licensing and filings that let a system operate over a site. Each technology below carries what it is, what we do with it, and the standard it is drawn against.<\/p> <article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>Multispectral optical imagers<\/h3><p>Visible to shortwave-infrared imagers for land cover, vegetation, water and infrastructure monitoring.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>CEOS Analysis Ready Data: Surface Reflectance \u00b7 ISO 19115-1 (metadata)<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>Hyperspectral imagers<\/h3><p>Hundreds of narrow bands that separate materials, minerals, crop stress and pollutants.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>CEOS Analysis Ready Data framework \u00b7 CCSDS 123.0-B (multispectral and hyperspectral compression)<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>Synthetic aperture radar (X, C, L band)<\/h3><p>Day-night, all-weather imaging for flooding, ice, ground deformation and maritime monitoring.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>CEOS Analysis Ready Data: Normalised Radar Backscatter \u00b7 ITU RR Art. 5 (EESS active allocations)<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>Thermal infrared and fire detection<\/h3><p>Thermal bands for wildfire detection, surface temperature, urban heat and industrial monitoring.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>CEOS Analysis Ready Data: Surface Temperature<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>Atmospheric and greenhouse gas sounders<\/h3><p>Spectrometers and sounders measuring methane, CO2, aerosols, temperature and humidity profiles.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>WMO OSCAR (observing systems capability review) \u00b7 WMO WIGOS<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>GNSS radio occultation and reflectometry<\/h3><p>Small receivers that turn GNSS signals into atmospheric profiles, sea-surface wind and soil moisture data.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>WMO WIGOS (radio occultation in the global observing system)<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>Space-based AIS and ADS-B reception<\/h3><p>Reception of public vessel and aircraft broadcasts beyond terrestrial range for safety and situational awareness.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>Rec. ITU-R M.1371 (AIS) \u00b7 RTCA DO-260B (1090 MHz ADS-B)<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>RF spectrum sensing from orbit<\/h3><p>Payloads that map spectrum occupancy and locate interference sources to support spectrum management.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>ITU RR Art. 15 (interference) \u00b7 ITU Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring<\/p><\/article><article><p>Satellite and space systems<\/p><h3>Lidar and radar altimetry<\/h3><p>Ranging instruments for topography, forest structure, ice thickness and water levels.<\/p><p>We design and integrate.<\/p><p>CEOS Analysis Ready Data framework<\/p><\/article> <\/section> <section><p><b>02<\/b>Architecture<\/p> <h2>Where it sits, and what it speaks.<\/h2> <p>Spacecraft and payloads draws on 3 domains and 24 layers of the spectrum; the highlighted layers carry this area. It speaks 5 of the protocol&#8217;s 8 core functions.<\/p> <p>Orbits and constellations<\/p><p>8<\/p> <p>Spacecraft buses and platforms<\/p><p>9<\/p> <p>Communications payloads, NTN and direct-to-device<\/p><p>9<\/p> <p>Inter-satellite and space-to-ground links<\/p><p>7<\/p> <p>Earth observation payload classes<\/p><p>10<\/p> <p>Tracking, telemetry and command and space safety<\/p><p>9<\/p> <p>Launch, licensing and regulation<\/p><p>8<\/p> <p>Frontier and research<\/p><p>6<\/p> <p>Gateways and teleports<\/p><p>8<\/p> <p>User terminals<\/p><p>9<\/p> <p>Baseband, modems and software-defined radio<\/p><p>8<\/p> <p>Ground-station-as-a-service and antenna networks<\/p><p>7<\/p> <p>CCSDS protocol stacks<\/p><p>9<\/p> <p>Mission control and flight dynamics<\/p><p>7<\/p> <p>Data downlink, processing and distribution<\/p><p>8<\/p> <p>Earth station spectrum coordination and interference<\/p><p>7<\/p> <p>01<b>Join<\/b>Identity, attestation quote, signed policy.<\/p><p>02<b>Admit<\/b>Admitted for a stated scope, nothing wider.<\/p><p>03<b>Describe<\/b>What, where, how and by whom, with calibration.<\/p><p>04<b>Time<\/b>One clock across the grid, with its error bound.<\/p><p>05<b>Observe<\/b>Every value with quality and provenance.<\/p><p>06<b>Qualify<\/b>Tested against the specification, state on record.<\/p><p>07<b>Federate<\/b>Signed exchange across grids and trust domains.<\/p><p>08<b>Orchestrate<\/b>Software and configuration by signed plan.<\/p> <\/section> <section><p><b>03<\/b>On the grid<\/p> <h2>Every site joins one observing grid.<\/h2><p>The open networks on the grid today, over real relief and the geodesic cells we count them into, filtered to the space domain this area serves. A site built here enrols into the same grid.<\/p> <\/section> <section><p><b>04<\/b>In the field<\/p> <h2>Where this runs, sector by sector.<\/h2> <p>6 deployment scenarios from the sector research that rely on spacecraft and payloads.<\/p> <a href=\"\/sectors\/public-safety\/\">Government and public safety <h3>Deployable communications and sensing for incident command<\/h3>A cell on wheels with satellite backhaul, mesh telemetry and environment nodes at the incident base.<\/a><a href=\"\/sectors\/humanitarian\/\">Development and humanitarian <h3>School connectivity with a school observatory<\/h3>Satellite or fixed wireless, school Wi-Fi, an open connectivity probe and an optional station.<\/a><a href=\"\/sectors\/humanitarian\/\">Development and humanitarian <h3>Displacement-site connectivity and sensing<\/h3>Point-to-multipoint wireless, satellite backhaul, solar and water-point sensors with protection safeguards.<\/a><a href=\"\/sectors\/scientific\/\">Scientific <h3>Ocean and coastal low-cost buoy arrays<\/h3>Satellite-backhauled wave buoys accepted in a national programme trial.<\/a><a href=\"\/sectors\/transport\/\">Transport <h3>Highway corridor mobile coverage for safety<\/h3>Small cells and satellite backhaul along unserved roads.<\/a><a href=\"\/sectors\/public-safety\/\">Government and public safety <h3>National GBON surface and upper-air network<\/h3>WMO-grade stations reporting through WIS 2.0, funded through the systematic-observations financing pathway.<\/a> <\/section> <section><p><b>05<\/b>Open and enterprise<\/p> <h2>Open by default. Enterprise by contract.<\/h2> <p>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.<\/p> <p>Open, on the main site<\/p><ul><li>Orbit and pass methods<\/li><li>Payload class catalogue<\/li><li>Ground-station interfaces on the protocol<\/li><\/ul><p>Enterprise, on this site<\/p><ul><li>Mission and payload integration<\/li><li>Tasking and downlink services<\/li><li>Non-terrestrial backhaul for remote sites<\/li><\/ul> <\/section> <section><p><b>06<\/b>The rest of the line<\/p> <h2>Space and satellite systems, area by area.<\/h2> <a href=\"\/space\/constellations-and-orbits\/\">Space and satellite systems <h3>Constellations and orbits<\/h3>LEO, MEO and GEO, sized to revisit and coverage.<\/a><a href=\"\/space\/ntn-and-direct-to-device\/\">Space and satellite systems <h3>NTN and direct-to-device<\/h3>3GPP non-terrestrial networks, from orbit to handset.<\/a><a href=\"\/space\/tasking-and-downlink\/\">Space and satellite systems <h3>Tasking and downlink<\/h3>Request, schedule, receive and process: one chain.<\/a><a href=\"\/space\/space-safety\/\">Space and satellite systems <h3>Space safety<\/h3>Tracking, telemetry and command, conjunction awareness.<\/a><a href=\"\/space\/licensing-and-spectrum\/\">Space and satellite systems <h3>Licensing and spectrum<\/h3>Filings, coordination and earth-station rules, by country.<\/a> <\/section> <section><h2>Bring us the site.<\/h2><p>Survey, design, deployment and operation for spacecraft and payloads. The form names who receives your details.<\/p> <a href=\"\/contact\/\">Talk to us<\/a><a href=\"mailto:contact@observatory.global?subject=Space%20and%20satellite%20systems%3A%20Spacecraft%20and%20payloads\">contact@observatory.global<\/a> <\/section> <\/main> <footer><p><a href=\"\/\">Nexus Observatory<\/a><b>Space and satellite systems<\/b>. From orbit to the ground, on one protocol.<a href=\"\/contact\/\">Talk to us<\/a><\/p><p>Space and satellite systems<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"\/space\/constellations-and-orbits\/\">Constellations and orbits<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/space\/spacecraft-and-payloads\/\">Spacecraft and payloads<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/space\/ntn-and-direct-to-device\/\">NTN and direct-to-device<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/space\/tasking-and-downlink\/\">Tasking and downlink<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/space\/space-safety\/\">Space safety<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/space\/licensing-and-spectrum\/\">Licensing and spectrum<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Technologies<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"\/technologies\/satellite\/orbits-and-constellations\/\">Orbits and constellations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/technologies\/satellite\/spacecraft-buses-and-platforms\/\">Spacecraft buses and platforms<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/technologies\/ground\/gateways-and-teleports\/\">Gateways and teleports<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/technologies\/ground\/user-terminals\/\">User terminals<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/technologies\/eo\/platforms-and-orbits\/\">Platforms and orbits<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/technologies\/eo\/optical-spectral-and-thermal-sensors\/\">Optical, spectral and thermal sensors<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Industries<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"\/industries\/public-safety\/\">Public safety<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/industries\/humanitarian\/\">Humanitarian<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/industries\/climate\/\">Climate<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/industries\/nature\/\">Nature<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/industries\/oceans\/\">Oceans<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/industries\/agriculture\/\">Agriculture<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/industries\/telecom\/\">Telecom<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Service platforms<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"\/protocol\/\">Observatory Protocol<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/grid-services\/\">Protocol &amp; Grid<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/software\/\">Software<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/hardware\/\">Hardware &amp; power<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/sensors\/\">Sensors &amp; instruments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/connectivity\/\">Connectivity<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/edge-ai\/\">Edge compute &amp; AI<\/a><\/li><\/ul> <p>\u00a9 2026 Nexus Observatory Inc.<\/p><nav aria-label=\"Legal\"><a href=\"\/legal\/privacy\/\">Privacy<\/a><a href=\"\/legal\/terms\/\">Terms<\/a><a href=\"\/legal\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility<\/a><a href=\"\/privacy-choices\/\">Cookie settings<\/a><a href=\"\/credits\/\">Data credits<\/a><\/nav> <\/footer>\n<\/div><!--\/nxo-ssr--><main id=\"main\">\n<section class=\"th tsub\" id=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"w\"><div class=\"copy\">\n    <div class=\"crumb\" id=\"crumb\"><\/div>\n    <h1 id=\"h1\">Buses and optical, radar and RF payload classes.<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"lede\" id=\"lede\">Spacecraft and payloads, inside Space and satellite systems: multispectral optical imagers, hyperspectral imagers, synthetic aperture radar (X, C, L band), thermal infrared and fire detection and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from CEOS Analysis Ready Data: Surface Reflectance to ISO 19115-1 (metadata), and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"cta\" id=\"cta\"><\/div>\n    <dl class=\"facts\" id=\"facts\"><\/dl>\n  <\/div><\/div>\n  <p class=\"cap\" id=\"cap\"><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"s\" id=\"what\"><div class=\"w\">\n  <div class=\"ch-n\"><b>01<\/b><i><\/i>What it is<\/div>\n  <h2 id=\"wh\"><\/h2><p class=\"sub\" id=\"ws\"><\/p>\n  <div class=\"g3\" id=\"items\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"s\" id=\"arch\"><div class=\"w\">\n  <div class=\"ch-n\"><b>02<\/b><i><\/i>Architecture<\/div>\n  <h2>Where it sits, and what it speaks.<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"sub\" id=\"as\"><\/p>\n  <div class=\"lay\"><div class=\"stack\" id=\"stack\" aria-label=\"Layers\"><\/div><div><div class=\"fnrow\" id=\"fns\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"s\" id=\"grid\"><div class=\"w\">\n  <div class=\"ch-n\"><b>03<\/b><i><\/i>On the grid<\/div>\n  <h2 id=\"gh\"><\/h2><p class=\"sub\" id=\"gs\"><\/p>\n  <div id=\"gv\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"s\" id=\"sectors\"><div class=\"w\">\n  <div class=\"ch-n\"><b>04<\/b><i><\/i>In the field<\/div>\n  <h2>Where this runs, sector by sector.<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"sub\" id=\"ss\"><\/p>\n  <div class=\"g3\" id=\"scn\"><\/div>\n  <div id=\"nsw\" hidden><h3 class=\"nsh\" style=\"margin-top:32px\">Network scenes, computed in the place.<\/h3><p class=\"sub\" id=\"nss\"><\/p><div class=\"g3\" id=\"nsc\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"s\" id=\"open\"><div class=\"w\">\n  <div class=\"ch-n\"><b>05<\/b><i><\/i>Open and enterprise<\/div>\n  <h2>Open by default. Enterprise by contract.<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"sub\">The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. 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