Electro-Optical Imagery Reference Architecture

Process electro-optical imagery on AWS

Demodulate and Decode: Extract baseband
1 waveform from modulated carrier; remove forward
error correction
Convert into raw sensor data: Decommutate signal
Yes – flush buffers or// No – retry image capture 2 frames; decrypt data
Satellite
Process Raw Images: Process Raw Images and
3 Perform QA Review
Signal Processing Inventory Post Processing - QA Review: Confirm Images are sufficient for
processing
Frames - AWS Batch: Run multiple jobs in parallel
downlinked - AWS Fargate and AWS Lambda:
Amazon S3 Store Raw Images - Sensor Correction: Apply corrections for
Bucket optical distortions
1
- Orthorectify: Sensor perspective
3
- Georeference: Apply image to spatial
6 grid and assign known coordinate
AWS Ground Station Demodulation/ system
Decode Process - Generate Thumbnails: Create post-
AWS Fargate AWS Lambda AWS Batch Raw
processed thumbnails for customer
Images and Complete Post
2 Perform AWS Fargate AWS Lambda purchase
Processing
QA Review Store metadata: Store information on
4 latitude/longitude collection, region collection, time
Yes and date of retrieval
Amazon EC2 instance 7
Record bits
4 Storage: Store preprocessed images in a variety of
5 Amazon S3 services by balancing cost savings and
Amazon S3 Store Post time of retrieval.
Store Pre Bucket Processed Images
Amazon S3 Amazon Store Post Processing and Analysis: Complete imagery
Compute: Demux/ Bucket
Processed Images
DynamoDB Metadata 6 processing
Decryption - Feature Extraction: Identify features in images
8 (e.g. ships)
- Naming/Tagging of Features: Tag features by
5 name/identification system
Customer
- Time Series Creation: Tag images to sort by time

Amazon S3 Glacier Storage and Dissemination: Final storage of images

Deep Archive
Amazon S3 Store Preprocessed image 7 and analytics for end customer
Glacier with placement tags
Customer Delivery: Deliver final images to end
Reviewed for technical accuracy May 12, 2021 8
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 Electro-Optical Imagery Reference Architecture
Demodulate and Decode: Extract baseband waveform
1 from modulated carrier; remove forward error
correction
Classified Processing 2 Convert into raw sensor data: Decommutate signal
frames; decrypt data
Process classified electro-optical imagery on AWS
Immutable transaction log: Cryptographically
3 establish provenance and fidelity

Yes – flush buffers or// No – retry image capture Optional Classified Processing: Throughout the image
Satellite 4 processing, move data to the appropriate regions for
classified processing.

Signal Processing Inventory Post Processing Process Raw Images: Process Raw Images and Perform
5
5 QA Review
Frames - QA Review: Confirm Images are sufficient for
downlinked 8
processing
Store Raw - AWS Batch: Run multiple jobs in parallel
1 Amazon S3 Images Process
AWS Fargate AWS Lambda AWS Batch Raw - AWS Fargate and AWS Lambda:
Bucket Complete Post
Images and AWS Fargate AWS Lambda Processing - Sensor Correction: Apply corrections for
AWS Key Perform optical distortions
Management Service QA Review - Orthorectify: Sensor perspective
AWS Ground Demodulation / - Georeference: Apply image to spatial grid
Station
9
Decode Yes and assign known coordinate system
- Generate Thumbnails: Create post-
2 processed thumbnails for customer
6 Amazon S3 Store Post
Bucket Processed Images purchase
Store Pre
Amazon
Store metadata: Store information on
Amazon EC2 Amazon S3 AWS Key Processed Images Store
instance
Record bits Bucket Management Service DynamoDB Metadata
AWS Key 6 latitude/longitude collection, region collection, time
Demux/ Management Service and date of retrieval
Decryption
7 Storage: Store preprocessed images in a variety of
7 Amazon S3 services by balancing cost savings and time
AWS Key 10 of retrieval.
Management Service Post Processing and Analysis: Complete imagery
AWS Key Amazon S3 Glacier Amazon S3 Store Preprocessed image 8
Management Service Deep Archive with placement tags processing
3 Glacier Customer
- Feature Extraction: Identify features in images (e.g.
ships)
4 - Naming/Tagging of Features: Tag features by
Cross Domain Solution Optional name/identification system
Amazon Quantum Provenance
Ledger Database Service Classified Processing - Time Series Creation: Tag images to sort by time

Storage and Dissemination: Final storage of images

9
and analytics for end customer
Reviewed for technical accuracy May 12, 2021 10 Customer Delivery: Deliver final images to end
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