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AWS re:Invent 2022 - Land, sea, and space domain awareness through the cloud (AER207)

Summary

• Andre Kearns, Marketing Director for AWS Aerospace and Satellite, introduces Project Argus, a collaboration with partners like BlackSky and URSA Space Systems to address challenges in space traffic management and domain awareness.
• Project Argus leverages AWS cloud and partner network to collect, analyze, and visualize Earth and space observation data for past event understanding and future condition modeling.
• Dr. Peter Wagner from BlackSky explains their high-revisit rate satellite constellation and data fusion with open-source data for real-time global intelligence.
• Nicole Robinson from URSA Space Systems discusses their specialization in data analytics and orchestration, processing various sensor data types, and their role in Argus.
• The session highlights the importance of multi-sensor data fusion, automation, and cloud scalability for timely decision-making.
• Argus is accessible via AWS marketplace and data exchange, enabling customers to integrate proprietary data and utilize analytics for various use cases across land, sea, and space domains.

Insights

• The proliferation of satellites into low Earth orbit has increased the need for comprehensive space traffic management and domain awareness.
• AWS Aerospace and Satellite aims to reduce barriers to space by automating data workflows and accelerating innovation.
• BlackSky's high-revisit rate satellite constellation and data fusion capabilities provide near real-time imagery and insights for various applications, including crisis response and supply chain management.
• URSA Space Systems focuses on data analytics and orchestration, processing data from multiple sensor types to produce actionable insights.
• The trend toward multi-sensor data fusion is enhancing organizations' ability to achieve cross-domain awareness and drive decision-making.
• Argus enables the integration of proprietary data with existing datasets, offering a bidirectional flow of information for enhanced analysis.
• The emergence of site-specific monitoring capabilities is a shift from traditional wide-area mapping, enabled by the increased frequency of satellite collections.
• Space-based Earth imaging is advantageous over traditional airborne intelligence gathering due to its global coverage, lack of national boundaries, and lower lifecycle costs.
• Emerging use cases for Argus include connected supply chain solutions, economic intelligence, and predictive insights for commercial and defense applications.
• Concerns about the impact of satellite proliferation on the night sky are acknowledged, with technical solutions like satellite redesign being considered to mitigate reflections.