Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the general availability of the Digital Twin feature for AWS Ground Station, which provides a virtualized ground station infrastructure that you can use to perform interoperability testing between space and Earth. AWS Ground Station is a fully managed service that lets you control satellite communications, process data, and scale your operations without having to worry about building or managing your own ground station infrastructure. With this new feature, you can now integrate your satellite communications and planning operations with AWS Ground Station faster and easier.

The digital twin feature lets you validate compatibility between your mission planning software and AWS Ground Station’s planning service in a virtual environment. Now you can start integrating and testing without waiting for spectrum licenses to be approved, so you’ll be ready in time for your satellite’s launch. An AWS Ground Station digital twin emits the same Amazon EventBridge events and API responses that customers receive when using AWS Ground Station, so you can optimize configurations and scale your infrastructure reliably.

The AWS Ground Station digital twin feature provides virtualized antennas in any location where AWS Ground Station is available, including: US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska), Europe (Ireland, Stockholm), Middle East (Bahrain), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Dubbo, Seoul, Singapore), and South America (Punta Arenas). This new feature is available in all AWS Regions where AWS Ground Station is available.

To get your mission up and running even faster, check out the AWS Ground Station digital twin in AWS Ground Station User Guide.