{
  "id": 5644864,
  "title": "Earth Observation on AWS, Part 1: Stream Satellite data from Orbit to your S3 bucket",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/earth-observation-on-aws-part-1-stream-satellite-data-from-orbit-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T21:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/lswans/earth-observation-on-aws-stream-satellite-data-from-orbit-to-your-s3-bucket-1p6c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The article \"Earth Observation on AWS, Part 1: Stream Satellite data from Orbit to your S3 bucket\" explains how to use AWS Ground Station to capture downlink data from public broadcast satellites, such as JPSS-1, and store it in an S3 bucket. The author, who grew up stargazing, explains that AWS Ground Station simplifies the process of communicating with satellites, which are becoming increasingly common in data infrastructure.\n\nTo get started, the author recommends downloading and deploying a pre-built CloudFormation template that sets up the necessary infrastructure, including an S3 bucket, IAM roles, antenna configs, and a mission profile. This saves time and effort compared to manually configuring each resource. The prerequisites include having an AWS account with the AWS CLI installed and configured, and the CLI pointed at the us-east-2 region.\n\nThe author then walks through the steps of deploying the CloudFormation template, verifying the deployment, recording the mission profile ARN, and submitting an onboarding request for the satellite. The onboarding process is manually performed and may take up to a week. Once the satellite is onboarded, the author explains how to verify the satellite ID and create a mission profile.\n\nThe mission profile determines the parameters for contacting the satellite, such as the name, configuration (async S3 vs synchronous EC2 proc), and other necessary details. In this case, the CloudFormation template automatically creates the mission profile, so the author suggests skipping this step if the template was deployed.",
  "summary": "The missing piece for an end-to-end data pipeline, entirely on AWS, from space. Camping in the North Cascades growing up, stargazing was a treasured pastime for me. My dad and I would often read between the lines of stars and planets to look for satellites... nowadays, they're so common, it's hard to stargaze WITHOUT seeing one (except here in New York... tragically, the stars are overshadowed by…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}