Satellite AIS

Satellite-Based AIS Services for Improved Navigation and Maritime Safety

Satellite AIS (Automatic Identification System) is a vessel identification system that is used for collision avoidance, identification and location information. Satellite AIS is also used for maritime domain awareness, search and rescue, environmental monitoring and maritime intelligence applications.

Satellite AIS (S-AIS) tracks the location of vessels in the most remote areas of the world, especially over open oceans and beyond the reach of terrestrial-only AIS systems.

By partnering with some of the most trusted maritime information providers in the world, in addition to our own satellite constellation, ORBCOMM offers the most complete situational picture of global vessel activity available today.

Satellite AIS: The ORBCOMM Advantage

1. The Most Comprehensive Global AIS Service
   One-stop shopping for reliable satellite and terrestrial AIS data.


2. Committed to Helping our Partners
   We don’t compete with our partners. We enable them to succeed.


3. Established and Financially Stable
   A publicly-traded AIS technology pioneer with over 2 million subscribers.

ORBCOMM AIS data services combines multiple sources for maximum coverage.

ORBCOMM OG2: A Game Changer for Satellite AIS

The launch of ORBCOMM’s next generation, AIS-equipped OG2 satellites opened up even greater possibilities for satellite AIS data, namely:

• Proven
  With the launch of next generation OG2 satellites and our network of 16 global gateways, along with the widest source of global terrestrial AIS data, ORBCOMM is now processing 30 million messages daily, from over 240,000 unique vessels.
• Established Performance Benchmarks
  ORBCOMM's OG2 satellite constellation was the first to deliver Satellite AIS data in minutes. Future AIS satellite deployments will continue to provide low latency, higher revisit rates, and better quality AIS data collection per satellite pass. ORBCOMM has and will continue to be committed to providing high quality satellite AIS data for the long term.
• Cost-Effective
  Since satellite AIS is just one of the services offered by the ORBCOMM constellation, we are able to offer more flexibility in our plans and services compared to other satellite AIS providers.