# Space systems

> Precision tools for validating spacecraft hardware, keeping space systems healthy, and running constellation operations.

Source: https://nominal.io/solutions/space

Solutions · Space systems

# Mission-grade decisions from every contact window

Precision tools for validating spacecraft hardware, keeping space systems healthy, and running constellation operations.

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The challenge

## Nominal turns data produced in orbit into mission-grade decisions in real time.

Bus telemetry, ephemeris, ground-station forwarding, and payload outputs arrive from every contact window. Nominal unifies them on one timeline, validates onboard storage at each pass, and tests on the ground once the data lands, in one environment for space and ground operations.

Where teams get stuck

- ### Slow feedback  
Reviewing telemetry across disparate sources delays mission preparation.
- ### Manual infrastructure  
Building reliable alerting and monitoring in-house uses up critical resources.
- ### Knowledge gaps  
Teams struggle to adopt legacy workflows without training or support.
- ### Fragmented workflows  
Review and alerting live in different places, with no system of record.

Features

## Nominal connects orbital dynamics with system performance

Live ephemeris reconciled with bus and payload telemetry on one synchronized timeline, from a single satellite to a full constellation.

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- ### Visualize in 3D with precision  
Render OEM and TLE orbit data with millisecond accuracy, scrub time in both directions, and overlay payload view cones, ground-station links, and comms footprints.
- ### Validate satellite behavior automatically  
Define subsystem health checks once and run them across satellites, clusters, or ground-station pairs, with anomalies, missed contacts, and mode transitions flagged on time-synced data.
- ### Manage constellations, not single assets  
See throughput, contact success rate, and subsystem reliability across the fleet in one view, and surface orbital drift, power degradation, and thermal anomalies across dozens of spacecraft.
- ### Review investigations together  
Investigations carry assignments, annotations, and version control, so the whole team works from the same evidence.
- ### Report for operators and regulators  
Generate contact logs, anomaly reports, and performance summaries with embedded live data.
- ### Synchronize runs instantly  
Telemetry, video, and ground-station diagnostics land in one catalog, with synchronized playback instead of juggling tools.

## Frequently asked questions

Can the same health checks run across a whole constellation?

Yes. Define subsystem health checks once and run them across individual satellites, clusters, or satellite and ground-station pairs.

Does Nominal cover both ground test and on-orbit operations?

Yes. The same environment covers ground testing and space operations, so teams can compare on-orbit behavior with what they saw before launch.

Where can Nominal be deployed?

In Nominal's cloud, in your VPC, on premises, or fully air-gapped. Access controls and audit trails come built in wherever the data lives.

Space systems

## Achieve your milestones and mission, faster

See how space teams validate hardware on the ground and operate it in orbit, on one platform.

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