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#62: State of Ground Segment for Earth Observation and Ground Software As a Service - Brad Bode, ATLAS Space Operations
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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.
[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
78 episodes
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When? This feed was archived on May 24, 2025 05:13 (). Last successful fetch was on June 30, 2023 17:06 ()
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Manage episode 357340950 series 2996346
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.
[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
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