{"id":56641,"date":"2021-09-17T19:25:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ground-segment-faces-upheaval-and-transformation-with-the-entry-of-cloud-giants\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T19:25:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T11:25:23","slug":"ground-segment-faces-upheaval-and-transformation-with-the-entry-of-cloud-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ground-segment-faces-upheaval-and-transformation-with-the-entry-of-cloud-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Segment Faces Upheaval and Transformation With the Entry of Cloud Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ground systems technology is years behind the satellites it supports and catching up will entail a fundamental transformation of the sector and the introduction of interoperable standards, panelists at SATELLITE 2021 said Wednesday, Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technology improvements in the space layer over the last five to 10 years have been massive,\u201d said Stuart Daughtridge, vice president for advanced technology and business development at Kratos Defense and Security Solutions. He noted that the latest generation of software-defined satellites has \u201cunbelievable capabilities,\u201d but they can\u2019t be realized and monetized while the ground sector lags.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-800x599.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/oTDCravRx6pyIKF2D76A_VS_ShowDaily20202120Wrap20Up20DGTL_Cover.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2021 Wrap Up Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your ground segment can\u2019t support it, it doesn\u2019t matter how great your satellite is,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n<p>In the world of multi-orbit space, interoperability is key, even on the ground, said Paul Mattear, principal business development manager for Amazon Web Services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the issues that we have with ground infrastructure is a lack of standards across the board,\u201d he said. AWS is making a play into the Ground-Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) market with its AWS Ground Station. <\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68c44290538;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68c44290538 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68c44290539').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68c44290539'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ground segment providers will have to be able to service multiple customers in different orbits using different frequencies without boutique accommodations, said Richard Schgallis, executive vice president of Space and Communications for Safran Data Systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMission cross compatibility is going to be a high interest item,\u201d he predicted. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean that there will be a panacea, a one-size-fits-all for everything. But we are rapidly approaching the point where systems will have to become multi-mission capable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mattear compared the current state of the ground segment to the situation in the cellphone market in the 1980s. \u201cIf you turned on your cell phone, you paid. If you traveled somewhere, you paid extra. You might not be able to use it at all.\u201d Software-defined systems \u2014 widely viewed as the future of the ground segment \u2014 require standards, he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re going to have partners develop those software-defined systems, there has to be a standard that they can develop them to,\u201d Mattear added. <\/p>\n<p>Two industry groups this month launched separate calls for interoperable standards for digitized RF signals, so that an antenna made by one manufacturer can work with a modem made by another. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goal is to make things as widely compatible for economies of scale as possible,\u201d said Schgallis, adding that the transition to a cloud-based infrastructure would make interoperability easier. \u201cThat\u2019s opening up a lot of doors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Digitization and virtualization \u2014 where hardware like modems, network switches, and signal processors are replaced with software \u2014 will also help with interoperability, suggested Daughtridge. \u201cIP [Internet Protocol] data transport, by definition, is a dynamic service. To get the most value out of your network, when you have a dynamic traffic requirement, you have to have a dynamic network,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n<p>Software defined satellites are effectively a network switch in the sky, he said, \u201cjust a node on the network. That\u2019s how we have to start thinking about it, not as something special and unique and different from the rest of the network.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complexity of space ground systems remains a big problem, pointed out Assaf Cohen, the global vice president of sales and marketing for SpaceBridge. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenges are enormous \u2014 think about the [Low-Earth Orbit] LEO constellations where now you need to communicate with an onboard processor and send commands from the ground and optimize the network. Or a [High Throughput Satellite] HTS satellite where you need to do beam-hopping with the ground segment sending commands to the channelizer and amplifiers and utilizing the resources properly. On top of everything, we have to be interoperable. To connect all these dots, implement the standard, be an integral part of the network. And do all that in real time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68c44290a72;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a68c44290a72 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68c44290a73').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a68c44290a73'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It is this complexity, Cohen said, that drives companies like SpaceX towards vertical integration, which allows to company to ensure interoperability because it owns all the pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Daughtridge argued that the answer is to standardize the easy, commodified elements of the system, \u201cThat\u2019s the key with standards around the digital systems. We want to standardize the stuff that\u2019s easy, and then allow companies to innovate on the parts that are hard. That way, you can have a strong ecosystem and a strong supply chain that can all work together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the market will drive efficiencies like interoperability, noted Schgallis, \u201cWe\u2019re getting to the point where data from space will be used to move markets, and who is going to get that data in time to buy or sell will become a factor. That\u2019s all going to be driven by the ground segment,\u201d he said.  <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 426:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P0FpXPFRcipHEUAJu9Y7_Diversity-300x199.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P0FpXPFRcipHEUAJu9Y7_Diversity-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P0FpXPFRcipHEUAJu9Y7_Diversity-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/P0FpXPFRcipHEUAJu9Y7_Diversity-640x426.jpg 640w, 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