Reduce AWS Ground Station costs with these tips
Fully managed ground station as a service
AWS Ground Station cost saving tips
Optimize your AWS Ground Station costs with these tips
Use Reserved Pricing
Use reserved pricing for recurring workloads which provides discounts up to 17% as compared to on-demand pricing.
Size Antenna Time
Right size your antenna time reservations to avoid unused reserved capacity, this will avoid increasing costs unnecessarily.
Archive Job Outputs
Archive finished job outputs to S3 Glacier for long-term storage, which is more cost effective than keeping data in S3 Standard or S3 Intelligent-Tiering.
Service information & pricing
About AWS Ground Station
- About AWS Ground Station
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AWS Ground Station, a managed service for satellite communications control and data processing, eliminates the need for personal infrastructure, giving direct access to AWS global services. It is used in weather forecasting, imaging, communications, and video broadcasts and can reduce operational costs by approximately 80% as users pay only for actual antenna use. It ensures prompt data downloads and high data and physical security.
- AWS Ground Station pricing
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AWS Ground Station charges per minute of antenna usage, identical rates across regions, with no long-term commitments. Two bandwidth modes are reserved and on-demand. Narrowband (less than 54 MHz) is $3/min for reserved, $10 for on-demand, while Wideband (54 MHz or more) is $10/min for reserved, $22 for on-demand. Special pricing applies for customers reserving at least 150 minutes/month for a year. Cancellation incurs the full contact cost or is free if done over 24 hours beforehand.