Through this service, we build, own and operate the satellites, delivering only the data or communications you need. So you’re free to focus on enhancing your core business.
Our hybrid solution enables customers to subscribe to our space-based data service for a fixed period with the option to extend for a longer duration. Alternatively, if you need custom data sets for a bespoke service, we can provide that data through a tailored built mission where we still build, own and operate the satellites.
Through AAC SpaceQuest we already operate and own our own satellite constellation and ground station network, collecting global Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Radio Frequency (RF), to deliver a highly successful satellite data service.
We are currently working with leading organisations, such as Orbcomm and Wyvern Inc, to provide Space Data as a Service, and by securing the xSPANCION contract to design and develop an innovative constellation, we continue to anchor the development of SDaaS to our clients.
AAC Clyde Space satellites will help rapidly and accurately gather and analyse stress, pests and disease data in trees and wild plants in Scotland to aid early detection at national levels. Repeatable analysis will enable Scottish Forestry to monitor change over time.
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OSCAR will provide situational awareness for maintenance ship operators with met ocean data, weather forecast and vessel tracking data. The service will monitor wind farm site vessels, using AIS and SAR, and yaw misalignment of the wind turbines. By combining these various Earth observation datasets with ancillary data required for wind farm management within a decision-making platform, OSCAR will provide a service that offers benefits over existing products on the market.
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Together with ORBCOMM and Saab, we are developing the next generation of maritime communication services, directed to vessel operators as well as for safety and navigation services. The ultimate aim is to create a global maritime communication network enabling ship to ship and ship to shore communication everywhere on the globe. We will do this through our next-generation space-based VDES (VHF Data Exchange System) spacecraft and integrating data into distribution centres for maritime communications service deployment.
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xSPANCION is transformational. It lays the groundwork to provide space data and services quickly and at low cost to organisations that are eager to harness the benefits of space to tackle on-Earth problems
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Our partners at Wyvern Inc, a Canadian Earth observation company, have committed to subscribing to our data service for four years. This custom package is set to deliver high-resolution hyperspectral data from space over an initial four-year period.
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Using our data package service customers can access their space-based data quicker, cheaper and at a much lower risk. Customers save on investment in technology and infrastructure development by outsourcing this to AAC Clyde Space, therefore reducing overall risk. When delivering complex missions and services, our experience, capability and mission heritage bring in years of specialised knowledge, access to skilled resources, extra technical support, and business best practices. This enables our customers to save time, free up their resources and focus on the core functions of their innovative services and solutions without the fuss, while leaving to us to do what we do best – design, manufacture and operate spacecraft.
AIS
We operate and own a constellation of satellites, collecting global AIS and RF data. We also maintain the world’s longest continuous global, satellite-based AIS data library, providing access through secure, cloud-based data portals and offering advanced AIS data analytics capabilities to our clients. AAC SpaceQuest has been flying AIS payloads and collecting AIS data from space for more than six years.
We offer a variety of S-AIS data products including global and regional data feeds, processed streams and value-added AIS services – direct and through a host of re-sellers.
AAC Clyde Space are delivering AIS data exclusively to ORBCOMM, a global provider of machine-to-machine and internet of things solutions, which will enhance ORBCOMM’s industry-leading satellite AIS service offering.
Our partners at Wyvern Inc, a Canadian Earth observation company, have committed to subscribing to our data service for four years. This custom package is set to deliver high-resolution, multi-band, hyperspectral data from space over an initial four-year period. The satellites will deliver high-resolution hyperspectral data, a method for capturing images of Earth across multiple bands, providing much more information than the three main colour bands that the human eye detects. Wyvern will first offer the data to the agriculture sector, where it will help to optimise yields and detect invasive plants, pests and changes in soil make-up.
“Wyvern aims to deliver Earth observation data in the hyperspectral bands to new customers at greater value. Working with AAC Clyde Space is a first step in securing the market while we develop optical technology that will continue to revolutionise space-based data for a variety of sectors.”
Chris Robson, CEO, Wyvern
Through AAC Omnisys, we have gained a leading position in space-based weather data, a field set to grow strongly as new technology supports dramatically improved forecasts. Their company’s capabilities in developing pioneering payloads will be significant in building constellations that can provide high-quality, timely data for a range of applications to meet the needs of users in industries ranging from aviation, insurance and agriculture to commodities. Their innovative microwave-based sensor, designed for advanced space projects, provides superior-quality weather data to support radically improved weather forecasting and data for climate research.
Together with Saab and ORBCOMM, we are developing the first satellite of a potential future constellation that will provide a space-based VDES (Very High Frequency Data Exchange System) for two-way communication with the Earth’s surface. The added space capability will increase VDES’s range from the shoreline to anywhere in the ocean, converting what is currently a predominantly coastal system into a global maritime system.
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