Geo Monitoring Systems

Monitoring systems with sensor stations in remote locations, follow very similar engineering and design approaches as space systems from autonomy, reliability and operations point of view.

SpaceTech provides services and systems for environmental monitoring such as:

• seismic stations (land- and oceanbased)
• GPS stations
• tide gauges and buoys
• real-time communication services
• buoy and tide gauge management software
• warning centre service oriented software

Further geo monitoring system related projects include so far:

• Project managment support to GFZ for the German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) and layout / implementation of the real-time data communication for all sensor stations via satellite links
• Software at the GITEWS warning centre for sensor data input and sensor integration and the command and control component for the oceanographic sensors
• Test preparation and test management of the Tsunami buoy in the Mediterranean Sea for the sonar based data transmission between ocean bottom sensor and the buoy
• Delivery of a cable based Ocean Bottom Sensor deployed at 2000 m sea depth, 20 km offshore from Ulleong Do Island/South Korea (KOBS Project)
• Delivery of a seismic station and a VSAT satellite communication system with own Hub for the Yemen Seismological Operation Centre (YESS Project)