How Satlantis Tripled Its Satellite Imaging Capacity with Dotphoton Jetraw Core

The Challenge

Satlantis provides high-resolution Earth-observation imagery for environmental and industrial monitoring. As demand for higher resolution and wider coverage increased, the company faced a critical constraint: raw image data volumes exceeded available onboard storage and downlink capacity.

Conventional “visually lossless” compression reduced file sizes but discarded subtle pixel-level information essential for scientific analysis and AI-based applications. To scale imaging capacity without new hardware or additional satellites, Satlantis needed a solution that significantly reduced data volume while preserving full image fidelity within strict space-mission constraints.

The Outcome

In April 2024, Satlantis upgraded its GEISAT precursor satellite with Dotphoton’s Jetraw Core via a remote firmware update. The software-only integration increased the amount of usable image data the satellite could capture and downlink — without any hardware changes. Satlantis can now acquire and transmit 3–4× more image data per mission while preserving the full quality of raw image data, reducing the impact of downlink limitations and improving mission efficiency.

More data, cheaper, faster — 3 to 4×

Using Jetraw Core, Satlantis increased data throughput, achieving a 300–400% increase in image acquisition. By significantly reducing image file sizes, Jetraw Core lowers bandwidth requirements and enables faster and more cost-effective downlink. As a result, the GEISAT satellite can now download up to 55,000 frames per day, compared to approximately 15,000 frames previously.

Increased daily coverage — 3.5×

The increased data throughput enabled a significant expansion of daily imaging coverage. GEISAT increased coverage from approximately 54,000 km² per day to 175,000 km² per day — a 3.5× increase. This expansion substantially enhances Satlantis’ Earth-monitoring capabilities by enabling broader geographic coverage within the same mission framework.

Lower km² carbon footprint — ~3×

By transmitting more usable data per downlink, Satlantis now emits approximately 3× less CO₂ per square kilometer of satellite imagery. This represents a significant improvement in the sustainability of its operations relative to the initially planned emissions budget, aligning with Satlantis’ broader objective of delivering satellite data in a more environmentally sustainable manner.