Satellite Observing Systems


Satellite observing systems are unrivalled in expertise in all aspects of satellite remote sensing of the marine environment. Serving the public and private sector organisations by providing:


Telecom is a Step in the Right Direction


When the internet was first introduced to the world, compared to today’s speeds, it was ancient. Almost every house had to deal with dial-up internet, which basically tied up the phone line in the house.

Dial-up did not allow for the consumer to use their land line as the internet was required to run through it. Shortly after we got the basic speed of high-speed internet, still slow compared to today’s cable and DSL internet speeds.

With today’s speed, you can find DS3 Bandwith Prices in 5 seconds or less , new technology enables us to look faster and smoother than ever before. One such company that is on the cutting edge of internet and telecommunication technology is Telecom.

Telecom has establishments throughout Europe, all with the purpose of supplying superior speeds of internet at affordable prices. Since the internet has grown exponentially in the past decade or so, companies like Telecom have had to adapt to consumer demands, which is faster internet without any loss of service.

Some companies sacrifice speed for downtime, which basically means that they provide such fast internet speeds that their servers cannot handle the load sometimes. This results in internet downtime. Telecom and other companies have found the right balance between uptime and speed, which in today’s internet market is essential to keeping customers happy.

  • Consultancy on the applications and exploitation of marine remote sensing,
  • High quality marine statistics and climatology,
  • Real-time sea-state monitoring from space delivered to ships at sea,
  • Training programmes world-wide.

Some of the problem areas recently tackled by us including ongoing programmes, are:

  • Calibration of radar altimeters on the ERS-1, ERS-2 and ENVISAT satellites,
  • Statistical data on the occurrence of the highest wave at an offshore site or along a shipping route anywhere in the world,
  • The prevalence of oil slicks in summer off a tourist beach in the mediterranean,
  • Seasonal cycles in the vertical migration of nutrients along a coastline, and their dependence on marine weather patterns,
  • A model of sea level changes around Britain's coastline over the last decade,
  • The design of an easy-access coastal information system containing data derived from the satellite record,
  • Accessibility of environmental information of coastal zones by NATO navies,
  • Trends in global climate change revealed in the middle of the Atlantic by satellite observations repeated over a decade.

The latest venture is the design of a system of dedicated microsats that will deliver observations of storm location and intensity in 'real-time' to forecasting centres and ships at sea.

We have longer experience in the field of creating useful marine products from raw satellite data than any company in Europe, and this is reflected in the number of Training Workshops it has been asked to organise around the world.



  • We are completely current with the programmes and aspirations of all the major space agencies and we are a leading promoter of 'real-time' constellations.

  • No organisation, whose interest lies in the sea, can afford to remain ignorant of the increasingly relevant role of satellite surveillance to its operations.

waves

Several satellites measure the height of waves at the sea surface. We archive these and windspeed measurements in the database. This then used to provide high quality marine statistics and climatology.


Dockwise towing

Transporting a 33000 ton semi-submersible safely from Canada to Brazil depends critically on making the best use of whatever information is available on sea-state. We worked closely with DockTell on the project.


Sea State Alarm

The Sea State Alarm service transmits reports to ships comparing actual sea state along the satellite tracks with the forecast.




Satellite Observing Systems