SkySite Overview

SkySite® Network &
SkySite Telemetry Services
Overview
December 2005
Overview
¾ The Problem – Poor Remote Area Communications
¾ The Traditional Solutions – That Don’t Measure Up
¾ A New Alternative – Space Data Corporation
¾ The Remedies – Addressing Your Needs
¾ The Targets – Case Studies and Typical Scenarios
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The Problem
Common User Experiences
¾ No reliable, cost-effective way to link
SCADA systems to assets located in remote
areas
¾ Limited cost-effective wireless alternatives
for monitoring and controlling remotely
located fixed assets
¾ Disappearing, unreliable and/or expensive
analog network-based services
¾ Lacking or non-existent support from
communications services vendors
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Traditional Solutions
That Don’t Measure Up to Space Data
¾ Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD)
Discontinued in many areas; will cease to be a viable option after early 2006
¾ Analog cellular
The broadest of all terrestrial networks but expensive to deploy and not
consistently reliable; faces an uncertain future after February 2008
¾ Satellite-based Services (VSAT)
Cost-effective only for high volume SCADA-type communications
¾ Satellite-based services (LEO/GEO)
Unable to handle even small volume SCADA communications
¾ Spread spectrum radio
Requires customers to operate and maintain their own network; not cost
effective when sites are widely dispersed
¾ Digital cellular
GSM / GPRS and CDMA networks have limited coverage compared to
analog cellular; GSM cellular suffers from many of the same shortcomings as
analog cellular
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A Better Way
Space Data Corporation
Space Data’s SkySite® Network enables
wireless data communications in
geographic regions that are not served or
poorly served by existing wireless
technologies and services.
The benefits to our customers are: ubiquitous
coverage, cost effective hardware and
affordable service plans.
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Space Data’s SkySite Network
Unique and Innovative
¾ Coverage Everywhere
Talk to every site in the field, no matter how remote the location
¾ Affordable Service
The most affordable data services available for remote area SCADA
communications
¾ Cost-effective Installation
Based on industry standard technology and low power requirements
¾ Dedicated Spectrum
Space Data owns it own radio frequency spectrum, minimizing
interference and better ensuring availability
¾ SCADA Compliant
Provides the fixed IP addresses required by SCADA systems
¾ Industry Compatibility
Space Data compatibility program ensures interoperability with a
wide range of industry automation equipment and SCADA software
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Space Data’s SkySite Network
Three Key Components
SkySite Platform
¾ Standards-based 2-way packet data protocol
¾ Ultra-reliable, proven balloon technology
¾ Includes communications, control electronics, power and
components to provide wireless data services
Ground Facilities
¾ Includes remote tracking stations, launch sites and associated
telecommunications to link balloon transmissions to NOC
¾ Ground stations are distributed throughout coverage area and
are spaced roughly 400 miles apart
Network Operations Center (NOC)
¾ Central communications, switching and management facility
¾ Located in Arizona, the NOC is point of connectivity between
Space Data and subscribers or partners
¾ NOC also tracks, coordinates and controls constellation of
SkySite Platforms and provides 24 x 7 technical support
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The SkySite Network
Unique Aerial Network Technology
¾ Wireless transceivers carried aloft on
weather balloons at 65K to 80K feet
¾ 60-yr history of National Weather
Service launches
¾ Launched ~ twice per day
¾ SkySite Platforms drift “freely”
¾ Standard wireless protocols
¾ Motorola 2-way packet data
¾ Serves fixed or mobile end user equipment
¾ Telemetry, tracking and messaging
¾ Uses Space Data’s own Narrowband PCS spectrum
¾ 1.7 MHz of nationwide spectrum in 901 – 940 MHz Band
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The SkySite Platform
Up Close
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SkySite Network Overview
The Three Network Components in Action
SCADA
Link
RGS
Link
RGS
Radio
Link
NOC
Gas/Oil
SkySite
Platform
Radio
Link
Vehicle
Tracking
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SCADA
Host
SkySite Network Coverage
South-Central U.S.
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SkySite Platform
All-Weather Operation
120,000
SkySite Platform
(not to scale)
ALTITUDE (FEET)
100,000
80,000
Weather Systems
~ 60,000 feet
60,000
Summer
flight path
40,000
Winter
flight path
JET STREAM
20,000
Launch
site
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100
200
300
400
500
DISTANCE (MILES)
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Launch
site
Coverage Footprint
Sea Level
600
700
800
SkySite Platform
View from a 100,000-foot Tower
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Common Scenarios
Fixed Telemetry & Monitoring Applications
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Oil and gas well production / custody
Compressors
Tank levels
Reservoir / waste water quality
C&I metering
Irrigation machines
Stream flow
Environmental
Compatibility Program
Working with Industry Leaders
Automation Equipment
¾ ABB Total Flow
¾ Automation Electronics
¾ Borin
¾ Bristol-Babcock
¾ eP
¾ Fisher
¾ Flow Automation
¾ Kimray
¾ SCADAPak
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SCADA Software
¾ AutoSCAN
¾ Case
¾ Cygnet
¾ OpenBSI
¾ Standard
Automation
¾ WIN CCU
¾ Custom hosts
Space Data in the News
Remote Monitoring & Fleet Tracking
Space Data Launches Data
Services Across South-Central U.S.
October 26, 2004
We estimate that there are more
than 350,000 oil and gas wells,
millions of miles of pipelines and
tens of thousands of compressors,
tanks and service vehicles within
the 600,000 square mile SkySite
Network coverage area.
Companies that own those assets
now have the ability to monitor,
control and track them with a
service that is unmatched in its
combination of large coverage
footprint, low price and high
reliability.
Marketing
Dept.
Space Data
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The Situation
¾ Operations and IT managers need affordable,
reliable, low to medium data rate wireless data
communications for a wide range of off-shore,
near-shore and onshore applications.
¾ Systems integrators and application service
providers need a strong communications
system partner to deliver well head and valve
status, GPS-based fleet tracking, and alarm or
emergency event notification .
The Space Data Approach
¾ The SkySite Network delivers reliable, digital
signals over hundreds of miles. At an altitude of
80,000 feet, a single SkySite Platform can
provide service to an area the size of
Oklahoma.
¾ Space Data partners with industry experts with
years of experience in areas such as
automation and transportation to deliver endto-end solutions to remote area monitoring
challenges.
Industry Focus
Oil & Gas – Automation & Remote Monitoring
Monitoring, alarming and
control of remote equipment
and sites is often a prerequisite
for safe and efficient
operations in the oil and gas
industry.
A wide variety of equipment
and SCADA solutions are
available to enable such
monitoring but its use is limited
to areas where affordable
wireless coverage exists.
Space Data's SkySite Network
offers the coverage ubiquity of
satellite systems at a more
affordable price, allowing
more widespread use of
automation and event
monitoring.
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The Situation
¾ Production Automation – Wells in remote areas
require too much pumper windshield time to
monitor. Operators would like to automate but
can’t find reliable communications.
¾ Custody Transfer – Owners, operators and gatherers
would like to reduce the cost of getting this
information by having it automatically delivered
directly to their desks.
¾ Event Monitoring – Operators experience major
consequences for failing to detect catastrophic
events; they need a way to do so remotely.
The Space Data Approach
¾ Rigorous compatibility testing and in-field
technical resources to ensure interoperability and
ease of operation with industry equipment.
¾ Partner with local automation and monitoring
experts to deliver a complete end-to-end system.
SkySite Telemetry Services
Space Data’s Role
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D
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SkySite
Platforms
(100K ft)
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WAN
End
User
Space Data provides:
• Data services
• Modem hardware
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Network
Network
Operations
Operations
Center
Center
SkySite
Modem
Monitored
Monitored
Asset
Asset
SkySite
Modem
Ground
Ground
Station
Station
SkySite
Network
RTU
SCADA
SCADA
Monitored
Monitored
Asset
Asset
SkySite Modem Product Family
SM-1010 Serial Modem
SkySite Modem SM-1010
¾ Plug and play CDPD or analog
cellular replacement
¾ Class 1 / Division 2 certified
¾ Over-the-air firmware updates
¾ Access via Fixed IP address
¾ Low power consumption
¾ Duplex operation
¾ LEDs show network status
¾ Rugged, compact enclosure
¾ Local and remote diagnostics
¾ Motorola-developed technology
¾ Compatible with a wide range of
automation equipment
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Common Scenarios
How We Can Help
¾ Automated sites that have lost communications
service due to bad weather
¾ Existing automated sites that use CDPD or analog
cell phones
¾ Especially when digital cellular is unavailable
¾ Sites needing automation that are outside the
range of the current network
¾ Automation of green field sites when terrestrial
networks are not an option
¾ Redundant communications at automated sites
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Summary
Communications Where You Need It
¾ Coverage throughout the south-central U.S.
¾ Most affordable moderate to high frequency data
delivery (among non-terrestrial carriers)
¾ Replacement for analog cellular and CDPD
¾ Complement to digital cellular and radio
infrastructure
¾ Competitive alternative to LEO, GEO and control
channel for event reporting applications
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Space Data
Choosing the Right Solution
¾ Free 30-day trial*
¾ SkySite Telemetry or SkySite Location Services
¾ SkySite Modem or SkySite Locator hardware
¾ Flexible purchase options
¾ Work with the Reseller Partner that best fits your needs
¾ Easy-to-understand service plans
¾ Hardware financing available
¾ Reseller Partners provide ongoing support
¾ Installation, technical support and billing
¾ Space Data security blanket
¾ Technical support available 24x7, 365 days a year
*for qualified customers
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Contact Information
Sales and Marketing
Toll Free: (866)416-4403
Sales inquiries: sales@spacedata.net
Partner inquiries:
partners@spacedata.net
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