Expert series · Edge & space

Edge & space.

Compressing at the sensor, on board and over thin links.

Compressing on orbit: more scenes through the same pass

A ground station pass is a fixed window. Compress on board and the window holds more. What it takes to run a codec on a satellite.

Cellular, LoRa and satellite IoT all charge by the byte. How compressing at the sensor turns hourly readings into minute-by-minute ones.