Amazon Ground Station is a fully managed service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables users to control satellite communications, downlink and process satellite data, and scale their satellite operations without building or managing their own ground station infrastructure. It provides antennas, digitizers, and modems integrated with AWS Regions globally, allowing users to schedule satellite access and directly access AWS services like S3, EC2, and SageMaker for data processing and storage. NASA and ESA have trialed AWS cloud technology with Amazon Ground Stations for faster satellite data transmission, using AWS to simplify data transmission by demodulating signals at ground stations, decoding the data, storing the telemetry in files, and uploading them to the nearest AWS server. Amazon Ground Station supports common satellite and communication frequencies, offering a pay-per-minute pricing model. Associated keywords: Ground station as a service, satellite communication, data processing, cloud infrastructure, AWS.
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Capella Space will rely on Amazon Web Services and Amazon Ground Stations to reduce the time to get imagery and data from the satellite to the ground, process it, and deliver it to users.