Edge computing system
A cloud computing system includes: a geostationary satellite having a computer and a cloud data center mounted thereon; a low earth orbiting satellite constellation including a plurality of communication satellites; and a ground data center deployed on the ground. In the low earth orbiting satellite constellation, an annular communication network is formed by the ability of each communication satellite of a plurality of communication satellites that fly on the same orbital plane to communicate with front and rear communication satellites in the forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network, in which adjacent annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other, is formed by the ability of the plurality of communication satellites that fly on the same orbital plane to communicate with communication satellites flying in adjacent orbits.
1 . An edge computing system comprising:
a geostationary satellite having a computer and a space data center mounted thereon;
a low earth orbiting satellite constellation having a plurality of satellites and including a satellite with an edge server and a computer mounted thereon among the plurality of satellites; and
a ground data center deployed on ground, wherein
in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
an annular communication network is formed by equipping each one of a plurality of satellites that fly on a same orbital plane with a fore-aft communication device that communicates with front and rear satellites in a forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network in which adjacent ones of such annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other is formed by equipping each one of the plurality of satellites that fly on the same orbital plane with a right-left communication device that communicates with both a left-side satellite flying in a left adjacent orbit and a right-side satellite flying in a right adjacent orbit,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation,
the computer is equipped with artificial intelligence,
the edge server stores orbit information for the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation, and
the computer mounted on the satellite with the edge server analyzes a risk of collision between satellites of the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation, from the orbit information for the plurality of satellites stored in the edge server using the artificial intelligence.
2 . The edge computing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the geostationary satellite carries a high-precision clock for synchronous control and uses the high-precision clock to execute synchronous control of the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation.
3 . The edge computing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the ground data center is installed in a high-latitude zone at a latitude of 50 degrees or more.
4 . The edge computing system according to claim 1 , wherein
inter-satellite optical communication is used at least either between the geostationary satellite and each satellite of the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation or between satellites of the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation.
5 . The edge computing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation that communicates with a ground facility installed in a high-latitude zone at a latitude of 50 degrees or more.
6 . The edge computing system according to claim 1 , wherein
the space data center processes a portion of data processing for the ground data center on a geostationary orbit.
7 . An edge computing system comprising:
a geostationary satellite having a computer and a space data center mounted thereon;
a low earth orbiting satellite constellation having a plurality of satellites and including a satellite with an edge server and a computer mounted thereon among the plurality of satellites; and
a ground data center deployed on ground, wherein
in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
an annular communication network is formed by equipping each one of a plurality of satellites that fly on a same orbital plane with a fore-aft communication device that communicates with front and rear satellites in a forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network in which adjacent ones of such annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other is formed by equipping each one of the plurality of satellites that fly on the same orbital plane with a right-left communication device that communicates with both a left-side satellite flying in a left adjacent orbit and a right-side satellite flying in a right adjacent orbit,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation,
the computer is equipped with artificial intelligence,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is capable of communicating with a surveillance satellite having a monitoring device to acquire flying object information mounted thereon,
the edge server stores orbit information for the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation and the flying object information acquired by the monitoring device of the surveillance satellite, and
the computer mounted on the satellite with the edge server sends the flying object information stored in the edge server to the satellite included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation by referencing the orbit information.
8 . An edge computing system comprising:
a geostationary satellite having a computer and a space data center mounted thereon;
a low earth orbiting satellite constellation having a plurality of satellites and including a satellite with an edge server and a computer mounted thereon among the plurality of satellites; and
a ground data center deployed on ground, wherein
in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
an annular communication network is formed by equipping each one of a plurality of satellites that fly on a same orbital plane with a fore-aft communication device that communicates with front and rear satellites in a forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network in which adjacent ones of such annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other is formed by equipping each one of the plurality of satellites that fly on the same orbital plane with a right-left communication device that communicates with both a left-side satellite flying in a left adjacent orbit and a right-side satellite flying in a right adjacent orbit,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation,
the computer is equipped with artificial intelligence,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is capable of communicating with a plurality of surveillance satellites each having a monitoring device to acquire flying object information mounted thereon,
the edge server acquires and stores the flying object information from the plurality of surveillance satellites and also stores preliminary information as flying object attribute information, and
the computer mounted on the satellite with the edge server calculates a predicted flying path of a flying object by executing flying path analysis with the artificial intelligence using the flying object information and the preliminary information stored in the edge server, and sends the flying object information stored in the edge server to a surveillance satellite that can track the predicted flying path.
9 . An edge computing system comprising:
a geostationary satellite having a computer and a space data center mounted thereon;
a low earth orbiting satellite constellation having a plurality of satellites and including a satellite with an edge server and a computer mounted thereon among the plurality of satellites; and
a ground data center deployed on ground, wherein
in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
an annular communication network is formed by equipping each one of a plurality of satellites that fly on a same orbital plane with a fore-aft communication device that communicates with front and rear satellites in a forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network in which adjacent ones of such annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other is formed by equipping each one of the plurality of satellites that fly on the same orbital plane with a right-left communication device that communicates with both a left-side satellite flying in a left adjacent orbit and a right-side satellite flying in a right adjacent orbit,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation,
the computer is equipped with artificial intelligence,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is capable of communicating with a plurality of surveillance satellites each having a monitoring device to acquire flying object information mounted thereon,
the edge server acquires and stores the flying object information from the plurality of surveillance satellites and also stores preliminary information as flying object attribute information, and
the computer mounted on the satellite with the edge server executes prediction of flying object landing with the artificial intelligence using the flying object information and the preliminary information stored in the edge server, selects a satellite that can send the flying object information to a coping asset that is capable of coping from the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation by referencing a result of the prediction of flying object landing, and makes the selected satellite transmit the flying object information to the coping asset capable of coping.
10 . An edge computing system comprising:
a geostationary satellite having a computer and a space data center mounted thereon;
a low earth orbiting satellite constellation having a plurality of satellites and including a satellite with an edge server and a computer mounted thereon among the plurality of satellites; and
a ground data center deployed on ground, wherein
in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
an annular communication network is formed by equipping each one of a plurality of satellites that fly on a same orbital plane with a fore-aft communication device that communicates with front and rear satellites in a forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network in which adjacent ones of such annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other is formed by equipping each one of the plurality of satellites that fly on the same orbital plane with a right-left communication device that communicates with both a left-side satellite flying in a left adjacent orbit and a right-side satellite flying in a right adjacent orbit,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation,
one or more satellites of the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation are observation satellites which are equipped with a synthetic aperture radar and which store radar-acquired information acquired by the synthetic aperture radar in the edge server, and
the computer mounted on the satellite with the edge server uses the radar-acquired information acquired by the synthetic aperture radar to perform image generation by synthetic aperture processing which processes the radar-acquired information on an orbit, and sends image data generated in the image generation to the ground data center.
11 . An edge computing system comprising:
a geostationary satellite having a computer and a space data center mounted thereon;
a low earth orbiting satellite constellation having a plurality of satellites and including a satellite with an edge server and a computer mounted thereon among the plurality of satellites; and
a ground data center deployed on ground, wherein
in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
an annular communication network is formed by equipping each one of a plurality of satellites that fly on a same orbital plane with a fore-aft communication device that communicates with front and rear satellites in a forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network in which adjacent ones of such annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other is formed by equipping each one of the plurality of satellites that fly on the same orbital plane with a right-left communication device that communicates with both a left-side satellite flying in a left adjacent orbit and a right-side satellite flying in a right adjacent orbit,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation,
at least either of the geostationary satellite and one or more satellites of the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is an observation satellite that is equipped with an optical observation device and that stores optically acquired information acquired by the optical observation device in the edge server, and
the computer mounted on the satellite with the edge server uses the optically acquired information acquired by the optical observation device to perform image generation by super-resolution processing on an orbit, and sends image data generated in the image generation to the ground data center.
12 . An edge computing system comprising:
a geostationary satellite having a computer and a space data center mounted thereon;
a low earth orbiting satellite constellation having a plurality of satellites and including a satellite with an edge server and a computer mounted thereon among the plurality of satellites; and
a ground data center deployed on ground, wherein
in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
an annular communication network is formed by equipping each one of a plurality of satellites that fly on a same orbital plane with a fore-aft communication device that communicates with front and rear satellites in a forwarding direction, and a mesh communication network in which adjacent ones of such annular communication networks are communicably connected with each other is formed by equipping each one of the plurality of satellites that fly on the same orbital plane with a right-left communication device that communicates with both a left-side satellite flying in a left adjacent orbit and a right-side satellite flying in a right adjacent orbit,
the low earth orbiting satellite constellation is a communication satellite constellation,
the edge server stores preliminary information as a moving object model, the preliminary information being moving object attribute information for a moving object as a monitoring target,
one or more satellites of the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation are equipped with a synthetic aperture radar and store moving object monitoring information acquired by the synthetic aperture radar in the edge server,
the computer mounted on the satellite with the edge server identifies a moving object as a monitoring target by referencing the moving object monitoring information and the moving object model stored in the edge server, and sends position information indicating a position of the identified moving object to a surveillance satellite, which is a satellite that is capable of monitoring the position indicated by the position information and is included in the plurality of satellites included in the low earth orbiting satellite constellation,
upon receiving the position information, the surveillance satellite stores acquired information in the edge server, the acquired information being a result of monitoring of the moving object as the monitoring target, and
the computer sends times and position information for the moving object which have been acquired by a plurality of surveillance satellites and stored in the edge server to the ground data center.