Satellite designers understand that effective ground station management is as critical to mission success as the satellites themselves. Effective data downlink and communication with ground stations require accurate metrics and analytics to ensure mission success. At Morpheus Space, we are excited to announce the release of Ground Station & Target Analytics in the JOURNEY platform, an update that equips mission planners with detailed insights into their satellite network’s communication events and overall performance, helping to improve operational decision-making and mission outcomes.
Enhancing Data Relay and Communication for Satellite Missions
For any satellite mission, efficiently relaying data back to Earth is one of the most critical tasks. As satellite constellations grow and complexities increase, the ability to track contact times, data transfer rates, and revisit intervals becomes even more challenging.
With the new Ground Station & Target Analytics update, JOURNEY provides easy access to detailed data, offering users a streamlined way to understand their mission performance. This update simplifies how mission engineers assess which ground stations are optimal for their mission, how frequently satellites can communicate, and the data transfer potential during each pass. By delivering these insights in an accessible format, JOURNEY allows users to refine mission strategies with greater accuracy and efficiency.
Event and Aggregate Metrics for Comprehensive Performance Tracking
This update introduces two major improvements: Per-Event Metrics and Aggregate Metrics, covering both ground station contacts and target collections. Users can now access detailed data such as look angle, pass number, and data volume, giving a comprehensive breakdown of satellite-ground station and target interactions. With this deeper insight, mission planners can identify communication bottlenecks and enhance operational efficiency.
Additionally, Aggregate Metrics provide a high-level overview of network performance, tracking key metrics like the number of events, total duration of communication windows, revisit rates, and gap times. These analytics are available across individual targets, ground stations, satellites, and even entire constellations, offering mission planners a clear picture of how their satellite networks perform. By providing both granular event data and broader system-level insights, JOURNEY equips users to refine their strategy, ensuring that mission objectives—like data transfer reliability and target collection frequency—are met.
New Analytical Tools: Revisit Rates, Gap Times, and Histograms
A key addition in the Ground Station & Target Analytics update is the ability to visualize key data trends through histograms, such as pass duration and gap time. This feature gives users a clear statistical view of the distribution of communication window durations and gaps in data transmission across the entire constellation, providing an invaluable tool for maximizing mission performance.
This update is designed to help users reduce operational risks, save costs, and improve mission performance. As satellite missions grow more complex, JOURNEY equips users with the data needed to maximize mission value and success.
Join Us for a Deeper Dive
Want to explore these new features in detail?
Join our upcoming webinar, where we’ll dive into how the Ground Station & Target Analytics update can transform your mission planning. Kevin Lausten, President at Morpheus Space, will provide a demo of JOURNEY, showcasing how these tools work in real-time.
We’ll also chat with Duncan Eddy, a research fellow at Stanford University, whose work on refining ground station selection speaks to the capabilities we’ve introduced into JOURNEY. His research focuses on selecting ground stations based on mission objectives, data throughput, and operational needs. In the webinar, we’ll reflect on JOURNEY’s ability to evaluate mission data and refine ground station networks.
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