Distributed satellite constellation management and control system

Abstract

The disclosed system provides distributed management and control of satellite constellations. Such distributed management and control that involves a plurality of satellites, a plurality of ground stations, a mission control station, and a data center that hosts a portion of an Internet cloud. The system resolves issues that have plagued legacy attempts. Specifically the disclosed system includes optimized communication with satellites that leads to more efficient transfer of data and payloads to or from or by or between satellites and ground control systems. This is achieved through use of micro-batching of communications. In this manner, data may be processed and more effectively transmitted to and from more than one satellite and back to one or more ground stations, including coordinated transmissions of portions of a micro-batch between two or more ground stations.

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