#62: State of Ground Segment for Earth Observation and Ground Software As a Service - Brad Bode, ATLAS Space Operations

TerraWatch Space Podcast

Today, I am speaking with Brad Bode, CTO & CIO at ATLAS Space Operations, which is a ground software as a service company. Ground segment is an area of the space industry which really doesn't get a lot attention, despite the fact that it is the bridge between data acquired in space and data collected on Earth. So, I had Brad on the podcast to discuss the state of ground segment and the impact on EO sector.

In this episode, Brad and I talk about what ATLAS Space Operations does, why ground segment is so underappreciated, how EO companies work with ground segment, the difference between ground station as a service and ground software as a service, the entry of Microsoft and AWS into this space and what it means and more.

• ATLAS Space Operations - Website
• Brad Bode - LinkedIn

[Thanks to ATLAS Space Operations for sponsoring this episode]

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01:08: Intro

06:19: Overview of ATLAS Space Operations

14:54: What does the status quo for ground segment in EO look like?

22:44: Why is the ground segment appreciated?

25:48: Ground station as a service vs ground software as a service

33:12: What does the entry of Microsoft and AWS mean for the ground segment?

38:10: What does EO companies look for from the ground segment? Latency, and what else?

43:07: One thing people will be shocked to learn about the state of the ground segment